AWS EC2 Image Retrieve Version 1

The describe_images function is the base AWS::EC2 gem call we are using for this handler and returns a multi-level hash/array nest with a top level hash key of "imagesSet". The imagesSet has the following pseudo-xml form. Elements with the <item> tag are array members and are referenced by numerical index. All others are hash members and are references by element/key name. <imagesSet> <item> <imageId/> <imageLocation/> <imageState/> <imageOwnerId/> <isPublic/> <architecture/> <imageType/> <kernelId/> <ramdiskId/> <imageOwnerAlias/> <name/> <description/> <rootDeviceType/> <rootDeviceName/> <blockDeviceMapping> <item> <deviceName/> <ebs> <snapshotId/> <volumeSize/> <deleteOnTermination/> </ebs> </item> </blockDeviceMapping> <virtualizationType/> <tagSet/> <hypervisor/> </item> </imagesSet> To retrieve the imageId, for example, simply flatten the above structure by removing inapplicable items <imagesSet> <item> <imageId/> </item> </imagesSet> Treat items as arrays and all other members as hash keys. Doing so, we can reference imageId value in the following manner: @base_aws_object.imagesSet.item[index].imageId In this handler, we are returning just the more interesting properties for an instance. Future versions may incorporate additional properties.

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