Create a new, empty pipeline. This function is idempotent.

    CLI example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt myminion boto_datapipeline.create_pipeline my_name my_unique_id

def create_pipeline(name, unique_id, description='', region=None, key=None, keyid=None,
                    profile=None):
    '''
    Create a new, empty pipeline. This function is idempotent.

    CLI example:

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt myminion boto_datapipeline.create_pipeline my_name my_unique_id
    '''
    client = _get_client(region, key, keyid, profile)
    r = {}
    try:
        response = client.create_pipeline(
            name=name,
            uniqueId=unique_id,
            description=description,
        )
        r['result'] = response['pipelineId']
    except (botocore.exceptions.BotoCoreError, botocore.exceptions.ClientError) as e:
        r['error'] = six.text_type(e)
    return r