commandLineOrder.cs

 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;

namespace SLAPI_TEST
 {
      class Program
      {
          static void Main(string[] args)
          {

              String username = "";
              String apiKey = "";

              authenticate authenticate = new authenticate();
              authenticate.username = username;
              authenticate.apiKey = apiKey;
              
              SoftLayer_Virtual_GuestService guestService = new SoftLayer_Virtual_GuestService();
              guestService.authenticateValue = authenticate;

              Console.WriteLine("How many instances to create?");
              int numInstances = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
              Console.WriteLine("What is the base hostname of the instances?");
              string baseHostName = Console.ReadLine();
              Console.WriteLine("What is the image template name?");
              string imageName = Console.ReadLine();

              SoftLayer_AccountService accountService = new SoftLayer_AccountService();
              accountService.authenticateValue = authenticate;
              string objectMask = "mask[name, id, globalIdentifier]";
              SoftLayer_ObjectMask maskContainer = new SoftLayer_ObjectMask();
              maskContainer.mask = objectMask;
              SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_Block_Device_Template_Group[] images = accountService.getBlockDeviceTemplateGroups();

              string GUID = "";
              foreach (SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_Block_Device_Template_Group image in images)
              {
                  if (image.name == imageName)
                  {
                      GUID = image.globalIdentifier;
                      break;
                  }
                  else
                  {
                      continue;
                  }
              }

              Console.WriteLine("Creating " + numInstances + " Instances with hostname " + baseHostName);
              int i = 0;
              while (i < numInstances)
              {
                  SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest newGuest = new SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest();
                  newGuest.hostname = baseHostName + (i + 1);
                  newGuest.domain = "example.com";
                  newGuest.startCpus = 1;
                  newGuest.maxMemory = 2048;
                  newGuest.hourlyBillingFlag = true;
                  newGuest.localDiskFlag = false;
                  newGuest.blockDeviceTemplateGroup = new SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_Block_Device_Template_Group();
                  newGuest.blockDeviceTemplateGroup.globalIdentifier = GUID;
                  newGuest.startCpusSpecified = true;
                  newGuest.maxMemorySpecified = true;
                  newGuest.hourlyBillingFlagSpecified = true;
                  newGuest.localDiskFlagSpecified = true;

                  SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest orderedGuest = guestService.createObject(newGuest);

                  Console.WriteLine("Cloud Computing Insance Created with ID: " + orderedGuest.id);
                  i++;
              }

              Console.WriteLine("Instances ordered. Press return to close");  
              Console.ReadLine();
          }
      }
 }