old_contents: import datetime
  import json
  import logging
  import socket
  import traceback
  
  from threading import Thread
  from splunklib import client
  
  _client = None
  
  
  class SplunkFilter(logging.Filter):
      """
      A logging filter for Splunk's debug logs on the root logger to avoid recursion
      """
  
      def filter(self, record):
          return not (record.module == 'binding' and record.levelno == logging.DEBUG)
  
  
  class SplunkHandler(logging.Handler):
      """
      A logging handler to send events to a Splunk Enterprise instance
      """
  
      def __init__(self, host, port, username, password, index):
  
          logging.Handler.__init__(self)
  
          self.host = host
          self.port = port
          self.username = username
          self.password = password
          self.index = index
  
      def emit(self, record):
  
          thread = Thread(target=self._async_emit, args=(record, ))
  
          thread.start()
  
      def _init_client(self):
  
          return client.connect(
                     host=self.host,
                     port=self.port,
                     username=self.username,
                     password=self.password)
  
      def _async_emit(self, record):
  
          global _client
  
          if not _client:
              _client = self._init_client()
  
          try:
              _client.indexes[self.index].submit(
                   self.format(record),
                   host=socket.gethostname(),
                   source=record.pathname,
                   sourcetype='json')
  
          except Exception, e:
  
              print "Traceback:\n" + traceback.format_exc()
              print "Exception in Splunk logging handler: %s" % str(e)
  
  
new_contents: import logging
  import socket
  import traceback
  
  from threading import Thread
  from splunklib import client
  
  _client = None
  
  
  class SplunkFilter(logging.Filter):
      """
      A logging filter for Splunk's debug logs on the root logger to avoid recursion
      """
  
      def filter(self, record):
          return not (record.module == 'binding' and record.levelno == logging.DEBUG)
  
  
  class SplunkHandler(logging.Handler):
      """
      A logging handler to send events to a Splunk Enterprise instance
      """
  
      def __init__(self, host, port, username, password, index):
  
          logging.Handler.__init__(self)
  
          self.host = host
          self.port = port
          self.username = username
          self.password = password
          self.index = index
  
      def emit(self, record):
  
          thread = Thread(target=self._async_emit, args=(record, ))
  
          thread.start()
  
      def _init_client(self):
  
          return client.connect(
                     host=self.host,
                     port=self.port,
                     username=self.username,
                     password=self.password)
  
      def _async_emit(self, record):
  
          global _client
  
          if not _client:
              _client = self._init_client()
  
          try:
              _client.indexes[self.index].submit(
                   self.format(record),
                   host=socket.gethostname(),
                   source=record.pathname,
                   sourcetype='json')
  
          except Exception, e:
  
              print "Traceback:\n" + traceback.format_exc()
              print "Exception in Splunk logging handler: %s" % str(e)
  
  
subject: Remove a couple useless imports