API for creating a VM

gns3server/controller/project.py

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 import asyncio
 from uuid import UUID, uuid4
 
+from .vm import VM
+
 
 class Project:
     """
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ class Project:
         self._path = path
         self._temporary = temporary
         self._hypervisors = set()
+        self._vms = {}
 
     @property
     def name(self):
@@ -64,6 +67,20 @@ class Project:
         self._hypervisors.add(hypervisor)
         yield from hypervisor.post("/projects", self)
 
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def addVM(self, hypervisor, vm_id, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Create a vm or return an existing vm
+
+        :param kwargs: See the documentation of VM
+        """
+        if vm_id not in self._vms:
+            vm = VM(self, hypervisor, vm_id=vm_id, **kwargs)
+            yield from vm.create()
+            self._vms[vm.id] = vm
+            return vm
+        return self._vms[vm_id]
+
     @asyncio.coroutine
     def close(self):
         for hypervisor in self._hypervisors: