'Return a Snapshot object based on snapshot name.
:param  name: The name of the snapshot
:type   name: ``str``
:return:  A GCESnapshot object for the snapshot
:rtype:   :class:`GCESnapshot`'

def ex_get_snapshot(self, name):

    request = ('/global/snapshots/%s' % name)
    response = self.connection.request(request, method='GET').object
    return self._to_snapshot(response)
