zone select support and version bump to 2.4.3

docs/conf.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ copyright = u'Rackspace, based on work by Jacob Kaplan-Moss'
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = '2.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '2.4.2'
+release = '2.4.3'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

docs/releases.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 Release notes
 =============
 
+2.4.3 (May 27, 2011)
+=================
+
+* added support for POST /zones/select (client only, not cmdline)
+
 2.4 (March 7, 2011)
 =================
 

novaclient/base.py

@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ class Manager(object):
     def __init__(self, api):
         self.api = api
 
-    def _list(self, url, response_key, obj_class=None):
-        resp, body = self.api.client.get(url)
+    def _list(self, url, response_key, obj_class=None, body=None):
+        resp = None
+        if body:
+            resp, body = self.api.client.post(url, body=body)
+        else:
+            resp, body = self.api.client.get(url)
 
         if obj_class is None:
             obj_class = self.resource_class

novaclient/zones.py

@@ -108,12 +108,10 @@ class ZoneManager(base.ManagerWithFind):
         Given requirements for a new instance, select hosts
         in this zone that best match those requirements.
         """
-        # 'specs' may be passed in as None, so change to an empty dict.
-        specs = kwargs.get("specs", "")
+        # 'specs' may be passed in as None, so change to an empty string.
+        specs = kwargs.get("specs") or ""
         url = "/zones/select"
-        if specs:
-            url = "%s?%s" % (url, specs)
-        weighting_list = self._list(url, "weights", Weighting)
+        weighting_list = self._list(url, "weights", Weighting, body=specs)
         return [wt.to_dict() for wt in weighting_list]
 
     def delete(self, zone):

setup.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if sys.version_info < (2,6):
 
 setup(
     name = "python-novaclient",
-    version = "2.4.2",
+    version = "2.4.3",
     description = "Client library for OpenStack Nova API",
     long_description = read('README.rst'),
     url = 'https://github.com/rackspace/python-novaclient',