Program to live stream m3u8 to rtmp in python (no ffmpeg)

import requests
import subprocess
import threading
import time
import socket
import urlparse
import sys
import os

def get_local_ip():
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
    s.connect(("8.8.8.8", 80))
    return s.getsockname()[0]

def get_public_ip():
    return requests.get('http://ip.42.pl/raw').text

def get_url_ip(url):
    return socket.gethostbyname(urlparse.urlparse(url).hostname)

def get_public_ip_from_url(url):
    return get_url_ip(url)

def check_ip_available(ip):
    if ip == '' or ip == "127.0.0.1":
        return False
    else:
        return True

def get_ip_from_url(url):
    return check_ip_available(get_public_ip_from_url(url))