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sidja/get_instance_tag_with_instance_id.py

Created May 17, 2017 08:45
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  1. sidja created this gist May 17, 2017.
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    import boto3

    def get_instance_name(fid):
    """
    When given an instance ID as str e.g. 'i-1234567', return the instance 'Name' from the name tag.
    :param fid:
    :return:
    """
    ec2 = boto3.resource('ec2')
    ec2instance = ec2.Instance(fid)
    instancename = ''
    for tags in ec2instance.tags:
    if tags["Key"] == 'Name':
    instancename = tags["Value"]
    return instancename