title: KVM api to start virtual machine
body: <p>I was wondering if there is a KVM API which allows you to start a KVM virtual machine using a simple command, from a python script. </p>
  
  <p>My Python script performs a series of checks to see whether or not we need to start a specific VM, and I would like to start a VM if I need to.</p>
  
  <p>All I need now is to find the API calls, but I can't find a simple call to start them within the libvirt website. Does anybody know if this is possible? </p>