def send_cf_response(event, context, response_status, reason=None,
                     response_data=None, physical_resource_id=None):
    """Responds to Cloudformation after a create/update/delete operation."""
    response_data = response_data or {}
    reason = reason or "See the details in CloudWatch Log Stream: " + \
        context.log_stream_name
    physical_resource_id = physical_resource_id or context.log_stream_name
    response_body = json.dumps(
        {
            'Status': response_status,
            'Reason': reason,
            'PhysicalResourceId': physical_resource_id,
            'StackId': event['StackId'],
            'RequestId': event['RequestId'],
            'LogicalResourceId': event['LogicalResourceId'],
            'Data': response_data
        }
    )

    opener = build_opener(HTTPHandler)
    request = Request(event["ResponseURL"], data=response_body)
    request.add_header("Content-Type", "")
    request.add_header("Content-Length", len(response_body))
    request.get_method = lambda: 'PUT'
    try:
        response = opener.open(request)
        print("Status code: {}".format(response.getcode()))
        print("Status message: {}".format(response.msg))
        return True
    except HTTPError as exc:
        print("Failed executing HTTP request: {}".format(exc.code))
        return False