My First Script - Looking For Help

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This section if for completed scripts.

However...
I presume that you want this:

def get_hostname():
    response = raw_input("Please enter your name: ")
    body = '[{"hostname": response}]' # without the quotes response will contain the input. Do you want body to be a string?
    return body

The print function returns None. Do not use it that way but just for output. Print is a function in Python 3. You are using raw_input which is deprecated in v3.x. Just input works the same way as raw_input in Python 3.