def start_instances()

in footmark/ecs/connection.py [0:0]

• 22 lines of code
• 11 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

    def start_instances(self, **kwargs):
        """
        Start the instances specified

        :type instance_ids: list
        :param instance_ids: A list of strings of the Instance IDs to start

        :rtype: list
        :return: A list of the instances started
        """
        instance_ids = kwargs["instance_ids"]
        kwargs = self.format_request_kwargs(**kwargs)
        if instance_ids:
            if isinstance(instance_ids, six.string_types):
                instance_ids = [instance_ids]
            for instance_id in instance_ids:
                kwargs["instance_id"] = instance_id
                try:
                    self.get_status_new(self.build_request_params(kwargs))
                except ServerException as e:
                    if e.error_code == "IncorrectInstanceStatus":
                        target = self.describe_instances(instance_ids=[instance_id])
                        if target and str(target[0].status).lower() == "running":
                            continue
                    raise e
            while instance_ids:
                for inst in self.describe_instances(instance_ids=instance_ids, page_size=100):
                    if str(inst.status).lower() == "running":
                        instance_ids.remove(inst.id)
            return True
        return False