chilampoon

# setup
gcloud auth list
gcloud config set compute/zone us-east1-b
gcloud config set compute/region us-east1

# create an instance template
cat << EOF > startup.sh
#! /bin/bash
apt-get update
apt-get install -y nginx

stefansundin

# http://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/api/
import requests

class RequestsApi:
    def __init__(self, base_url, **kwargs):
        self.base_url = base_url
        self.session = requests.Session()
        for arg in kwargs:
            if isinstance(kwargs[arg], dict):
                kwargs[arg] = self.__deep_merge(getattr(self.session, arg), kwargs[arg])

RobertSudwarts

def degrees_to_cardinal(d):
    '''
    note: this is highly approximate...
    '''
    dirs = ["N", "NNE", "NE", "ENE", "E", "ESE", "SE", "SSE",
            "S", "SSW", "SW", "WSW", "W", "WNW", "NW", "NNW"]
    ix = int((d + 11.25)/22.5)
    return dirs[ix % 16]