>>> def create_snapshot(filer_name, volume_name, snapshot_name):
...     from schtob.pyontapi import Filers, errors
...     try:
...         result = Filers(filer_name).snapshot.create(snapshot=snapshot_name,
...                                                     volume=volume_name
...         )
...         return True
...     except errors.APIFailure, exc:
...         print exc
...         return False
...
>>> print create_snapshot('my-filer', 'vol0', 'snap1')
True

>>> def list_snapshot(filer_name, volume_name):
...     from schtob.pyontapi import Filers, errors
...     try:
...         result = Filers(filer_name).snapshot.list_info(volume=volume_name)
...         return result['snapshots']
...     except errors.APIFailure, exc:
...         print exc
...         return False
...
>>> result = list_snapshot('my-filer', 'vol0')
>>> print result
[{'name': 'hourly.0',
  'access-time': 1293015631,
  'cumulative-percentage-of-used-blocks': 1,
  'percentage-of-used-blocks': 1,
  'total': 5420,
  'cumulative-total': 5420}]}

>>> def delete_snapshot(filer_name, volume_name, snapshot_name):
...     from schtob.pyontapi import Filers, errors
...     try:
...         result = Filers(filer_name).snapshot.delete(snapshot=snapshot_name,
...                                                     volume=volume_name
...         )
...         return True
...     except errors.APIFailure, exc:
...         print exc
...         return False
...
>>> print delete_snapshot('my-filer', 'vol0', 'snap1')
True

>>> def modify_rule(filer_name, volume_name, machine_name):
...     from schtob.pyontapi import Filers, errors
...     try:
...         result = Filers(filer_name).nfs.exportfs_modify_rule(
...             persistent=False,
...             rule={
...                 'pathname': volume_name,
...                 'read-write': [{'all-hosts':True}],
...                 'root': [{'name':machine_name}]
...         })
...         return True
...     except errors.APIFailure, exc:
...         print exc
...         return False