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data/packages/gsutil/boto/boto/emr/__init__.py

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+# Copyright (c) 2010 Spotify AB
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Mitch Garnaat http://garnaat.org/
+# Copyright (c) 2012 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.
+# All Rights Reserved
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, dis-
+# tribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+# persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the fol-
+# lowing conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+# in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+# OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABIL-
+# ITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
+# SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+# IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+"""
+This module provies an interface to the Elastic MapReduce (EMR)
+service from AWS.
+"""
+from connection import EmrConnection
+from step import Step, StreamingStep, JarStep
+from bootstrap_action import BootstrapAction
+from boto.regioninfo import RegionInfo
+
+
+def regions():
+    """
+    Get all available regions for the Amazon Elastic MapReduce service.
+
+    :rtype: list
+    :return: A list of :class:`boto.regioninfo.RegionInfo`
+    """
+    return [RegionInfo(name='us-east-1',
+                       endpoint='elasticmapreduce.us-east-1.amazonaws.com',
+                       connection_cls=EmrConnection),
+            RegionInfo(name='us-west-1',
+                       endpoint='us-west-1.elasticmapreduce.amazonaws.com',
+                       connection_cls=EmrConnection),
+            RegionInfo(name='us-west-2',
+                       endpoint='us-west-2.elasticmapreduce.amazonaws.com',
+                       connection_cls=EmrConnection),
+            RegionInfo(name='ap-northeast-1',
+                       endpoint='ap-northeast-1.elasticmapreduce.amazonaws.com',
+                       connection_cls=EmrConnection),
+            RegionInfo(name='ap-southeast-1',
+                       endpoint='ap-southeast-1.elasticmapreduce.amazonaws.com',
+                       connection_cls=EmrConnection),
+            RegionInfo(name='ap-southeast-2',
+                       endpoint='ap-southeast-2.elasticmapreduce.amazonaws.com',
+                       connection_cls=EmrConnection),
+            RegionInfo(name='eu-west-1',
+                       endpoint='eu-west-1.elasticmapreduce.amazonaws.com',
+                       connection_cls=EmrConnection),
+            RegionInfo(name='sa-east-1',
+                       endpoint='sa-east-1.elasticmapreduce.amazonaws.com',
+                       connection_cls=EmrConnection),
+            ]
+
+
+def connect_to_region(region_name, **kw_params):
+    for region in regions():
+        if region.name == region_name:
+            return region.connect(**kw_params)
+    return None

data/packages/gsutil/boto/boto/emr/bootstrap_action.py

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+# Copyright (c) 2010 Spotify AB
+# Copyright (c) 2010 Yelp
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, dis-
+# tribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+# persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the fol-
+# lowing conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+# in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+# OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABIL-
+# ITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
+# SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+# IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+class BootstrapAction(object):
+    def __init__(self, name, path, bootstrap_action_args):
+        self.name = name
+        self.path = path
+
+        if isinstance(bootstrap_action_args, basestring):
+            bootstrap_action_args = [bootstrap_action_args]
+
+        self.bootstrap_action_args = bootstrap_action_args
+
+    def args(self):
+        args = []
+
+        if self.bootstrap_action_args:
+            args.extend(self.bootstrap_action_args)
+
+        return args
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return '%s.%s(name=%r, path=%r, bootstrap_action_args=%r)' % (
+            self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__name__,
+            self.name, self.path, self.bootstrap_action_args)

data/packages/gsutil/boto/boto/emr/connection.py

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+# Copyright (c) 2010 Spotify AB
+# Copyright (c) 2010-2011 Yelp
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+# "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+# without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, dis-
+# tribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+# persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the fol-
+# lowing conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+# in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+# OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABIL-
+# ITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
+# SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+# IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+"""
+Represents a connection to the EMR service
+"""
+import types
+
+import boto
+import boto.utils
+from boto.ec2.regioninfo import RegionInfo
+from boto.emr.emrobject import JobFlow, RunJobFlowResponse
+from boto.emr.emrobject import AddInstanceGroupsResponse
+from boto.emr.emrobject import ModifyInstanceGroupsResponse
+from boto.emr.step import JarStep
+from boto.connection import AWSQueryConnection
+from boto.exception import EmrResponseError
+
+
+class EmrConnection(AWSQueryConnection):
+
+    APIVersion = boto.config.get('Boto', 'emr_version', '2009-03-31')
+    DefaultRegionName = boto.config.get('Boto', 'emr_region_name', 'us-east-1')
+    DefaultRegionEndpoint = boto.config.get('Boto', 'emr_region_endpoint',
+                                            'elasticmapreduce.us-east-1.amazonaws.com')
+    ResponseError = EmrResponseError
+
+    # Constants for AWS Console debugging
+    DebuggingJar = 's3n://us-east-1.elasticmapreduce/libs/script-runner/script-runner.jar'
+    DebuggingArgs = 's3n://us-east-1.elasticmapreduce/libs/state-pusher/0.1/fetch'
+
+    def __init__(self, aws_access_key_id=None, aws_secret_access_key=None,
+                 is_secure=True, port=None, proxy=None, proxy_port=None,
+                 proxy_user=None, proxy_pass=None, debug=0,
+                 https_connection_factory=None, region=None, path='/',
+                 security_token=None, validate_certs=True):
+        if not region:
+            region = RegionInfo(self, self.DefaultRegionName,
+                                self.DefaultRegionEndpoint)
+        self.region = region
+        AWSQueryConnection.__init__(self, aws_access_key_id,
+                                    aws_secret_access_key,
+                                    is_secure, port, proxy, proxy_port,
+                                    proxy_user, proxy_pass,
+                                    self.region.endpoint, debug,
+                                    https_connection_factory, path,
+                                    security_token,
+                                    validate_certs=validate_certs)
+
+    def _required_auth_capability(self):
+        return ['emr']
+
+    def describe_jobflow(self, jobflow_id):
+        """
+        Describes a single Elastic MapReduce job flow
+
+        :type jobflow_id: str
+        :param jobflow_id: The job flow id of interest
+        """
+        jobflows = self.describe_jobflows(jobflow_ids=[jobflow_id])
+        if jobflows:
+            return jobflows[0]
+
+    def describe_jobflows(self, states=None, jobflow_ids=None,
+                           created_after=None, created_before=None):
+        """
+        Retrieve all the Elastic MapReduce job flows on your account
+
+        :type states: list
+        :param states: A list of strings with job flow states wanted
+
+        :type jobflow_ids: list
+        :param jobflow_ids: A list of job flow IDs
+        :type created_after: datetime
+        :param created_after: Bound on job flow creation time
+
+        :type created_before: datetime
+        :param created_before: Bound on job flow creation time
+        """
+        params = {}
+
+        if states:
+            self.build_list_params(params, states, 'JobFlowStates.member')
+        if jobflow_ids:
+            self.build_list_params(params, jobflow_ids, 'JobFlowIds.member')
+        if created_after:
+            params['CreatedAfter'] = created_after.strftime(
+                boto.utils.ISO8601)
+        if created_before:
+            params['CreatedBefore'] = created_before.strftime(
+                boto.utils.ISO8601)
+
+        return self.get_list('DescribeJobFlows', params, [('member', JobFlow)])
+
+    def terminate_jobflow(self, jobflow_id):
+        """
+        Terminate an Elastic MapReduce job flow
+
+        :type jobflow_id: str
+        :param jobflow_id: A jobflow id
+        """
+        self.terminate_jobflows([jobflow_id])
+
+    def terminate_jobflows(self, jobflow_ids):
+        """
+        Terminate an Elastic MapReduce job flow
+
+        :type jobflow_ids: list
+        :param jobflow_ids: A list of job flow IDs
+        """
+        params = {}
+        self.build_list_params(params, jobflow_ids, 'JobFlowIds.member')
+        return self.get_status('TerminateJobFlows', params, verb='POST')
+
+    def add_jobflow_steps(self, jobflow_id, steps):
+        """
+        Adds steps to a jobflow
+
+        :type jobflow_id: str
+        :param jobflow_id: The job flow id
+        :type steps: list(boto.emr.Step)
+        :param steps: A list of steps to add to the job
+        """
+        if not isinstance(steps, types.ListType):
+            steps = [steps]
+        params = {}
+        params['JobFlowId'] = jobflow_id
+
+        # Step args
+        step_args = [self._build_step_args(step) for step in steps]
+        params.update(self._build_step_list(step_args))
+
+        return self.get_object(
+            'AddJobFlowSteps', params, RunJobFlowResponse, verb='POST')
+
+    def add_instance_groups(self, jobflow_id, instance_groups):
+        """
+        Adds instance groups to a running cluster.
+
+        :type jobflow_id: str
+        :param jobflow_id: The id of the jobflow which will take the
+            new instance groups
+
+        :type instance_groups: list(boto.emr.InstanceGroup)
+        :param instance_groups: A list of instance groups to add to the job
+        """
+        if not isinstance(instance_groups, types.ListType):
+            instance_groups = [instance_groups]
+        params = {}
+        params['JobFlowId'] = jobflow_id
+        params.update(self._build_instance_group_list_args(instance_groups))
+
+        return self.get_object('AddInstanceGroups', params,
+                               AddInstanceGroupsResponse, verb='POST')
+
+    def modify_instance_groups(self, instance_group_ids, new_sizes):
+        """
+        Modify the number of nodes and configuration settings in an
+        instance group.
+
+        :type instance_group_ids: list(str)
+        :param instance_group_ids: A list of the ID's of the instance
+            groups to be modified
+
+        :type new_sizes: list(int)
+        :param new_sizes: A list of the new sizes for each instance group
+        """
+        if not isinstance(instance_group_ids, types.ListType):
+            instance_group_ids = [instance_group_ids]
+        if not isinstance(new_sizes, types.ListType):
+            new_sizes = [new_sizes]
+
+        instance_groups = zip(instance_group_ids, new_sizes)
+
+        params = {}
+        for k, ig in enumerate(instance_groups):
+            # could be wrong - the example amazon gives uses
+            # InstanceRequestCount, while the api documentation
+            # says InstanceCount
+            params['InstanceGroups.member.%d.InstanceGroupId' % (k+1) ] = ig[0]
+            params['InstanceGroups.member.%d.InstanceCount' % (k+1) ] = ig[1]
+
+        return self.get_object('ModifyInstanceGroups', params,
+                               ModifyInstanceGroupsResponse, verb='POST')
+
+    def run_jobflow(self, name, log_uri=None, ec2_keyname=None,
+                    availability_zone=None,
+                    master_instance_type='m1.small',
+                    slave_instance_type='m1.small', num_instances=1,
+                    action_on_failure='TERMINATE_JOB_FLOW', keep_alive=False,
+                    enable_debugging=False,
+                    hadoop_version=None,
+                    steps=[],
+                    bootstrap_actions=[],
+                    instance_groups=None,
+                    additional_info=None,
+                    ami_version=None,
+                    api_params=None,
+                    visible_to_all_users=None,
+                    job_flow_role=None):
+        """
+        Runs a job flow
+        :type name: str
+        :param name: Name of the job flow
+
+        :type log_uri: str
+        :param log_uri: URI of the S3 bucket to place logs
+
+        :type ec2_keyname: str
+        :param ec2_keyname: EC2 key used for the instances
+
+        :type availability_zone: str
+        :param availability_zone: EC2 availability zone of the cluster
+
+        :type master_instance_type: str
+        :param master_instance_type: EC2 instance type of the master
+
+        :type slave_instance_type: str
+        :param slave_instance_type: EC2 instance type of the slave nodes
+
+        :type num_instances: int
+        :param num_instances: Number of instances in the Hadoop cluster
+
+        :type action_on_failure: str
+        :param action_on_failure: Action to take if a step terminates
+
+        :type keep_alive: bool
+        :param keep_alive: Denotes whether the cluster should stay
+            alive upon completion
+
+        :type enable_debugging: bool
+        :param enable_debugging: Denotes whether AWS console debugging
+            should be enabled.
+
+        :type hadoop_version: str
+        :param hadoop_version: Version of Hadoop to use. This no longer
+            defaults to '0.20' and now uses the AMI default.
+
+        :type steps: list(boto.emr.Step)
+        :param steps: List of steps to add with the job
+
+        :type bootstrap_actions: list(boto.emr.BootstrapAction)
+        :param bootstrap_actions: List of bootstrap actions that run
+            before Hadoop starts.
+
+        :type instance_groups: list(boto.emr.InstanceGroup)
+        :param instance_groups: Optional list of instance groups to
+            use when creating this job.
+            NB: When provided, this argument supersedes num_instances
+            and master/slave_instance_type.
+
+        :type ami_version: str
+        :param ami_version: Amazon Machine Image (AMI) version to use
+            for instances. Values accepted by EMR are '1.0', '2.0', and
+            'latest'; EMR currently defaults to '1.0' if you don't set
+            'ami_version'.
+
+        :type additional_info: JSON str
+        :param additional_info: A JSON string for selecting additional features
+
+        :type api_params: dict
+        :param api_params: a dictionary of additional parameters to pass
+            directly to the EMR API (so you don't have to upgrade boto to
+            use new EMR features). You can also delete an API parameter
+            by setting it to None.
+
+        :type visible_to_all_users: bool
+        :param visible_to_all_users: Whether the job flow is visible to all IAM
+            users of the AWS account associated with the job flow. If this
+            value is set to ``True``, all IAM users of that AWS
+            account can view and (if they have the proper policy permissions
+            set) manage the job flow. If it is set to ``False``, only
+            the IAM user that created the job flow can view and manage
+            it.
+
+        :type job_flow_role: str
+        :param job_flow_role: An IAM role for the job flow. The EC2
+            instances of the job flow assume this role. The default role is
+            ``EMRJobflowDefault``. In order to use the default role,
+            you must have already created it using the CLI.
+
+        :rtype: str
+        :return: The jobflow id
+        """
+        params = {}
+        if action_on_failure:
+            params['ActionOnFailure'] = action_on_failure
+        if log_uri:
+            params['LogUri'] = log_uri
+        params['Name'] = name
+
+        # Common instance args
+        common_params = self._build_instance_common_args(ec2_keyname,
+                                                         availability_zone,
+                                                         keep_alive,
+                                                         hadoop_version)
+        params.update(common_params)
+
+        # NB: according to the AWS API's error message, we must
+        # "configure instances either using instance count, master and
+        # slave instance type or instance groups but not both."
+        #
+        # Thus we switch here on the truthiness of instance_groups.
+        if not instance_groups:
+            # Instance args (the common case)
+            instance_params = self._build_instance_count_and_type_args(
+                                                        master_instance_type,
+                                                        slave_instance_type,
+                                                        num_instances)
+            params.update(instance_params)
+        else:
+            # Instance group args (for spot instances or a heterogenous cluster)
+            list_args = self._build_instance_group_list_args(instance_groups)
+            instance_params = dict(
+                ('Instances.%s' % k, v) for k, v in list_args.iteritems()
+                )
+            params.update(instance_params)
+
+        # Debugging step from EMR API docs
+        if enable_debugging:
+            debugging_step = JarStep(name='Setup Hadoop Debugging',
+                                     action_on_failure='TERMINATE_JOB_FLOW',
+                                     main_class=None,
+                                     jar=self.DebuggingJar,
+                                     step_args=self.DebuggingArgs)
+            steps.insert(0, debugging_step)
+
+        # Step args
+        if steps:
+            step_args = [self._build_step_args(step) for step in steps]
+            params.update(self._build_step_list(step_args))
+
+        if bootstrap_actions:
+            bootstrap_action_args = [self._build_bootstrap_action_args(bootstrap_action) for bootstrap_action in bootstrap_actions]
+            params.update(self._build_bootstrap_action_list(bootstrap_action_args))
+
+        if ami_version:
+            params['AmiVersion'] = ami_version
+
+        if additional_info is not None:
+            params['AdditionalInfo'] = additional_info
+
+        if api_params:
+            for key, value in api_params.iteritems():
+                if value is None:
+                    params.pop(key, None)
+                else:
+                    params[key] = value
+
+        if visible_to_all_users is not None:
+            if visible_to_all_users:
+                params['VisibleToAllUsers'] = 'true'
+            else:
+                params['VisibleToAllUsers'] = 'false'
+
+        if job_flow_role is not None:
+            params['JobFlowRole'] = job_flow_role
+
+        response = self.get_object(
+            'RunJobFlow', params, RunJobFlowResponse, verb='POST')
+        return response.jobflowid
+
+    def set_termination_protection(self, jobflow_id,
+                                   termination_protection_status):
+        """
+        Set termination protection on specified Elastic MapReduce job flows
+
+        :type jobflow_ids: list or str
+        :param jobflow_ids: A list of job flow IDs
+
+        :type termination_protection_status: bool
+        :param termination_protection_status: Termination protection status
+        """
+        assert termination_protection_status in (True, False)
+
+        params = {}
+        params['TerminationProtected'] = (termination_protection_status and "true") or "false"
+        self.build_list_params(params, [jobflow_id], 'JobFlowIds.member')
+
+        return self.get_status('SetTerminationProtection', params, verb='POST')
+
+    def set_visible_to_all_users(self, jobflow_id, visibility):
+        """
+        Set whether specified Elastic Map Reduce job flows are visible to all IAM users
+
+        :type jobflow_ids: list or str
+        :param jobflow_ids: A list of job flow IDs
+
+        :type visibility: bool
+        :param visibility: Visibility
+        """
+        assert visibility in (True, False)
+
+        params = {}
+        params['VisibleToAllUsers'] = (visibility and "true") or "false"
+        self.build_list_params(params, [jobflow_id], 'JobFlowIds.member')
+
+        return self.get_status('SetVisibleToAllUsers', params, verb='POST')
+
+    def _build_bootstrap_action_args(self, bootstrap_action):
+        bootstrap_action_params = {}
+        bootstrap_action_params['ScriptBootstrapAction.Path'] = bootstrap_action.path
+
+        try:
+            bootstrap_action_params['Name'] = bootstrap_action.name
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+
+        args = bootstrap_action.args()
+        if args:
+            self.build_list_params(bootstrap_action_params, args, 'ScriptBootstrapAction.Args.member')
+
+        return bootstrap_action_params
+
+    def _build_step_args(self, step):
+        step_params = {}
+        step_params['ActionOnFailure'] = step.action_on_failure
+        step_params['HadoopJarStep.Jar'] = step.jar()
+
+        main_class = step.main_class()
+        if main_class:
+            step_params['HadoopJarStep.MainClass'] = main_class
+
+        args = step.args()
+        if args:
+            self.build_list_params(step_params, args, 'HadoopJarStep.Args.member')
+
+        step_params['Name'] = step.name
+        return step_params
+
+    def _build_bootstrap_action_list(self, bootstrap_actions):
+        if not isinstance(bootstrap_actions, types.ListType):
+            bootstrap_actions = [bootstrap_actions]
+
+        params = {}
+        for i, bootstrap_action in enumerate(bootstrap_actions):
+            for key, value in bootstrap_action.iteritems():
+                params['BootstrapActions.member.%s.%s' % (i + 1, key)] = value
+        return params
+
+    def _build_step_list(self, steps):
+        if not isinstance(steps, types.ListType):
+            steps = [steps]
+
+        params = {}
+        for i, step in enumerate(steps):
+            for key, value in step.iteritems():
+                params['Steps.member.%s.%s' % (i+1, key)] = value
+        return params
+
+    def _build_instance_common_args(self, ec2_keyname, availability_zone,
+                                    keep_alive, hadoop_version):
+        """
+        Takes a number of parameters used when starting a jobflow (as
+        specified in run_jobflow() above). Returns a comparable dict for
+        use in making a RunJobFlow request.
+        """
+        params = {
+            'Instances.KeepJobFlowAliveWhenNoSteps': str(keep_alive).lower(),
+        }
+
+        if hadoop_version:
+            params['Instances.HadoopVersion'] = hadoop_version
+        if ec2_keyname:
+            params['Instances.Ec2KeyName'] = ec2_keyname
+        if availability_zone:
+            params['Instances.Placement.AvailabilityZone'] = availability_zone
+
+        return params
+
+    def _build_instance_count_and_type_args(self, master_instance_type,
+                                            slave_instance_type, num_instances):
+        """
+        Takes a master instance type (string), a slave instance type
+        (string), and a number of instances. Returns a comparable dict
+        for use in making a RunJobFlow request.
+        """
+        params = {'Instances.MasterInstanceType': master_instance_type,
+                  'Instances.SlaveInstanceType': slave_instance_type,
+                  'Instances.InstanceCount': num_instances}
+        return params
+
+    def _build_instance_group_args(self, instance_group):
+        """
+        Takes an InstanceGroup; returns a dict that, when its keys are
+        properly prefixed, can be used for describing InstanceGroups in
+        RunJobFlow or AddInstanceGroups requests.
+        """
+        params = {'InstanceCount': instance_group.num_instances,
+                  'InstanceRole': instance_group.role,
+                  'InstanceType': instance_group.type,
+                  'Name': instance_group.name,
+                  'Market': instance_group.market}
+        if instance_group.market == 'SPOT':
+            params['BidPrice'] = instance_group.bidprice
+        return params
+
+    def _build_instance_group_list_args(self, instance_groups):
+        """
+        Takes a list of InstanceGroups, or a single InstanceGroup. Returns
+        a comparable dict for use in making a RunJobFlow or AddInstanceGroups
+        request.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(instance_groups, types.ListType):
+            instance_groups = [instance_groups]
+
+        params = {}
+        for i, instance_group in enumerate(instance_groups):
+            ig_dict = self._build_instance_group_args(instance_group)
+            for key, value in ig_dict.iteritems():
+                params['InstanceGroups.member.%d.%s' % (i+1, key)] = value
+        return params