import urllib.request
import json
import socket

machine_name = socket.gethostname()
url = "http://192.168.50.27:5000/lookup"

payload = {
    "name": machine_name,
}

data = json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8")

req = urllib.request.Request(
    url,
    data=data,
    method="POST"
)

with urllib.request.urlopen(url, timeout=10) as response:
    data = response.read()
    json_data = json.loads(data)

print(json_data)