Flex image capture - Python

imageCapture.py

import SoftLayer

apiUser = <api user>
apiKey = <api key>

client = SoftLayer.Client(username=apiUser,api_key=apiKey)

serverId = <server id>

try:
    flexImage = client['Hardware_Server'].captureImage(id=serverId)
    print("Created Flex Image '%s' at %s" % (flexImage['name'],flexImage['createDate']))
    print("GUID: %s" % (flexImage['globalIdentifier']))
except SoftLayer.SoftLayerAPIError as e:
    print("Exception: faultCode %s, faultString %s" % (e.faultCode, e.faultString))
    exit(1)