Hello,
I am trying to apply user-data with the following Python code, but it’s not working. Any ideas?
The script creates a valid droplet, but the command in user-data is not executed.
USER_DATA = "#cloud-config\n\nruncmd:\n - screen -d -m ...my command..."
r = requests.post(API_BASE_URL + "droplets", headers=API_HEADERS, data=json.dumps({
"name": "test",
"region": "tor1",
"size": "512mb",
"image": 12345,
"ssh_keys": [2296372],
"user-data": USER_DATA
}))
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Accepted Answer
Ok, I’ve figured it out. the “user-data” attribute was misspelled (“user_data” is the right way)
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