Softlayer Object Storage Containers: Unable to find the server - python-2.7

Question

Problem:
I'm trying to debug some of my code that uses Softlayer Object Storage however I kept getting some errors from SL itself. Since I was getting the error from SL I went ahead and tried writing some code that reproduces the error. Which can be seen below followed by the stack trace I get.
Question:
Does anyone know why I'm getting the below error besides the possible security prevention from spamming sl so many times?
Source Code:
#!/usr/local/bin/python2.7
import argparse
import object_storage
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Spam multiple sl storage containers.')
parser.add_argument("--username", type=str, required=True, help="softlayer username")
parser.add_argument("--apikey", type=str, required=True, help="softlayer api key")
parser.add_argument("--datacenter", type=str, required=True, help="softlayer datacenter")
parser.add_argument("--count", type=int, required=True, help="Amount of times to iterate")
args = parser.parse_args()
username = args.username
api_key = args.apikey
datacenter = args.datacenter
count = args.count
for i in range(0, count):
print "Trying to create sl_storage.containers() #{0}".format(i)
sl_storage = object_storage.get_client(username, api_key, datacenter=datacenter)
containers = sl_storage.containers()
del containers
del sl_storage
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
Stack Trace:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/root/sl_test.py", line 32, in <module>
main()
File "/root/sl_test.py", line 27, in main
containers = sl_storage.containers()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/object_storage/client.py", line 293, in containers
formatter=_formatter)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/object_storage/client.py", line 354, in make_request
result = self.conn.make_request(method, url, *args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/object_storage/transport/httplib2conn.py", line 55, in make_request
response = _make_request(headers)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/object_storage/transport/httplib2conn.py", line 48, in _make_request
body=data)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1659, in request
(response, content) = self._request(conn, authority, uri, request_uri, method, body, headers, redirections, cachekey)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1399, in _request
(response, content) = self._conn_request(conn, request_uri, method, body, headers)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/httplib2/__init__.py", line 1325, in _conn_request
raise ServerNotFoundError("Unable to find the server at %s" % conn.host)
httplib2.ServerNotFoundError: Unable to find the server at dal05.objectstorage.softlayer.net
Opened up an issues against softlayer-object_storage python package here https://github.com/softlayer/softlayer-object-storage-python/issues/50

Answer 1

First: I think you should have opened the issue here:
https://github.com/softlayer/softlayer-object-storage-python
second: I do not think this is an issue for me this is working fine, the error probably is due to you do not have any storage in dal05, you can verify that in the control portal by going https://control.softlayer.com/storage/objectstorage and make sure that there are containers in the dal05.
third: the client that you are using only works for swift storages, it does not work for S3 containers

Answer 2

The storage in this issue is Swift-based not S3.