Python script to get all the valid windows AMI from an AWS region

get_windows_amis.py

import boto.ec2

if __name__ == '__main__':

  zones = ['us-east-1', 'us-west-2', 'us-west-1', 'eu-west-1', 'ap-southeast-1', 
    'ap-northeast-1', 'ap-southeast-2', 'sa-east-1']

  for zone in zones:
    connection = boto.ec2.connect_to_region(
      region_name=zone,
      aws_access_key_id='AMAZON_KEY',
      aws_secret_access_key='AMAZON_ACCESS_KEY')
      
    images = connection.get_all_images(
        filters={
          'owner_alias':'amazon', 'platform':'windows', 'state':'available'})

    if images is not None:
      for i in images:
        if i is not None and i.name is not None:
          if 'Windows_Server-2012-RTM-English-64Bit-Base' in i.name:
            print i.id
            break