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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:38:21 -0700
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Subject: Re: [libcloud] retrieving images


With ec2 you can stuff an AMI ID into a raw NodeImage object, letting  
you avoid a list images if you already have the Ami Id .

On Jun 15, 2010, at 11:35 AM, Brian Martin <brianmartin@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On 06/15/2010 02:29 PM, Alex Polvi wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Brian  
>> Martin<brianmartin@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> First of all, Libcloud is great, thanks to all devs and  
>>> contributors.
>>>
>>> I am wondering if there is a way to retrieve just one image (by  
>>> id) if it
>>> exists rather than getting the whole list (specifically with ec2  
>>> the list of
>>> images is very large), and if not, maybe this could be considered  
>>> a feature
>>> request (?).
>>>
>> Does the EC2 API support this natively? Or are you just looking for a
>> convenience function that filters everything else out?
>>
>> -Alex
>>
>>
>
> I'm not sure if it's supported in EC2 API, I was just asking.
>
> A convenience function is not what I'm looking for.  My main concern  
> is just the time that it takes to get the list then find the image  
> then create an instance.  I thought if possible skipping the list  
> retrieval would be good, but if EC2 API doesn't support this then I  
> can of course deal with it.
>
> Brian