new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
  import os
  import sys
  from os.path import dirname, join, realpath
  from optparse import OptionParser
  
  # Get the current working directory of this file.
  # http://stackoverflow.com/a/4060259/120999
  __location__ = realpath(join(os.getcwd(), dirname(__file__)))
  
  # Add the shared settings file to namespace.
  sys.path.insert(0, join(__location__, '..', 'src'))
  import settings
  # Add the analyzer file to namespace.
  sys.path.insert(0, join(__location__, '..', 'src', 'analyzer'))
  from alerters import trigger_alert
  
  parser = OptionParser()
  parser.add_option("-t", "--trigger", dest="trigger", default=False,
                    help="Actually trigger the appropriate alerts (default is False)")
  
  parser.add_option("-m", "--metric", dest="metric", default='skyline.horizon.queue_size',
                    help="Pass the metric to test (default is skyline.horizon.queue_size)")
  
  (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
  
  try:
      alerts_enabled = settings.ENABLE_ALERTS
      alerts = settings.ALERTS
  except:
      print "Exception: Check your settings file for the existence of ENABLE_ALERTS and ALERTS"
      sys.exit()
  
  print 'Verifying alerts for metric: "' + options.metric + '"'
  
  # Send alerts
  if alerts_enabled:
      print 'Alerts Enabled'
      for alert in alerts:
          print 'Checking metric name contains: "' + alert[0] + '" to send via ' + alert[1]
          if alert[0] in options.metric:
              print '...Trigger alert via ' + alert[1]
              if options.trigger:
                  trigger_alert(alert, options.metric)
  else:
      print 'Alerts are Disabled'
  
  
  
subject: Add script to test/verify alert configuration