def find_resource(manager, name_or_id):
    # first try to get entity as integer id
    try:
        if isinstance(name_or_id, int) or name_or_id.isdigit():
            return manager.get(int(name_or_id))
    except exceptions.NotFound:
        pass

    # now try to get entity as uuid
    try:
        uuid.UUID(str(name_or_id))
        return manager.get(name_or_id)
    except (ValueError, exceptions.NotFound):
        pass

    try:
        try:
            return manager.find(human_id=name_or_id)
        except exceptions.NotFound:
            pass

        # finally try to find entity by name
        try:
            resource = getattr(manager, 'resource_class', None)
            name_attr = resource.NAME_ATTR if resource else 'name'
            kwargs = {name_attr: name_or_id}
            return manager.find(**kwargs)
        except exceptions.NotFound:
            msg = "No %s with a name or ID of '%s' exists." % \
                (manager.resource_class.__name__.lower(), name_or_id)
            raise exceptions.CommandError(msg)
    except exceptions.NoUniqueMatch:
        msg = ("Multiple %s matches found for '%s', use an ID to be more"
               " specific." % (manager.resource_class.__name__.lower(),
                               name_or_id))
        raise exceptions.CommandError(msg)
Helper for the _find_* methods.
dataset/ETHPy150Open kwminnick/rackspace-dns-cli/dnsclient/utils.py/find_resource