Gist by paste.py @ 2015-04-14 02:03:01.503046

linode-jp.poll.py

import requests
import time
import datetime

api_key = 'YOUR_APIKEY_HERE'

url = 'https://api.linode.com/?api_key=%s&api_action=linode.create&PlanID=1&DatacenterID=8&PaymentTerm=1' % api_key

sess = requests.Session()

while True:
    resp = sess.get(url).json()
    if resp['ERRORARRAY'] and not resp['DATA']:
        print '[%s] Failed.' % datetime.datetime.now()
        print '[Code %d] %s' % (resp['ERRORARRAY'][0]['ERRORCODE'], resp['ERRORARRAY'][0]['ERRORMESSAGE'])
        time.sleep(0.7)
        continue
    print 'Seems done?'
    print resp
    break