>>> import objectrocket

>>> client = objectrocket.Client()
>>> client.authenticate('<username>', '<password>')

# To create a new instance:
>>> client.instances.create(name='mongodb_sharded_0', size=5, zone='US-East-IAD3', service_type='mongodb', instance_type='mongodb_sharded', version='3.0.5')
<objectrocket.instances.MongodbInstance {...} at 0x10afeacd0>

# To get all of your instances in a list:
>>> client.instances.all()
[<objectrocket.instances.MongodbInstance {...} at 0x1091f9990>]

# To get one of your instances by name:
>>> inst = client.instances.get('mongodb_sharded_0')
>>> inst
<objectrocket.instances.MongodbInstance {...} at 0x1097a8390>

# To add a shard to your instance:
>>> inst.shards(add_shard=True)
{'data': [{'name': '7a0d6366f80f4a42995fabe01cbaea74', 'plan': 5, ...}, {...}]}

# To request compaction for your instance:
>>> inst.compaction(request_compaction=True)
{'data': {'state': 'requested', 'updated': '2015-01-01 00:00:00.000000'}}

# To check the compaction state of your instance:
>>> inst.compaction()
{'data': {'state': 'requested', 'updated': '2015-01-01 00:00:00.000000'}}