How to use the influxdb.getmessages_influxdb.ListNotAllowedError function in influxdb

#                                remove=True)
    instance = get_setting_value(message,
                                 'instance_field',
                                 default=HOSTNAME,
                                 remove=True)
    logger.debug(instance)
    device = get_setting_value(message,
                               'device_field',
                               remove=True)
    # get timestamp
    try:
        timestamp = get_setting_value(message,
                                      'timestamp_field',
                                      remove=True)
        timestamp = [timestamp]
    except ListNotAllowedError as e:
        logger.debug(e)
        timestamp = get_setting_value(message,
                                      'timestamp_field',
                                      remove=True,
                                      allow_list=True)
    except Exception as e:
        logger.warn(e)
        sys.exit(1)
    logger.debug(timestamp)

    # get data
    data = get_data_values(timestamp, message)

    # hand off
    for timestamp, report_data in data.items():
        # check if this is within the time range

# continue traversing?
    if next_fields is None:
        # some error, but return the value
        return next_value
    elif len(next_fields) == 0:
        # final value in the list to walk down
        return next_value
    elif isinstance(next_value, (list, set, tuple)):
        # we've reached an early terminal point, which may or may not be ok
        if allow_list:
            return json_gather_list_values(
                next_value,
                next_fields,
                remove=remove)
        else:
            raise ListNotAllowedError('encountered list or set in json when not allowed')
    elif isinstance(next_value, dict):
        # there's more tree to walk down
        return _get_json_field_helper(
            json.loads(json.dumps(next_value)),
            next_fields,
            allow_list=allow_list,
            remove=remove)
    else:
        # catch-all
        return ''