connection.py

    def get_object(self, action, params, cls, path='/', parent=None):
        if not parent:
            parent = self
        response = self.make_request(action, params, path)
        body = response.read()
        boto.log.debug(body)
        if response.status == 200:
            obj = cls(parent)
            h = handler.XmlHandler(obj, parent)
            xml.sax.parseString(body, h)
            return obj
        else:
            boto.log.error('%s %s' % (response.status, response.reason))
            boto.log.error('%s' % body)
            raise self.ResponseError(response.status, response.reason, body)