'Return an InstanceTemplate object based on a name and optional zone.
:param  name: The name of the Instance Template.
:type   name: ``str``
:return:  An Instance Template object.
:rtype:   :class:`GCEInstanceTemplate`'

def ex_get_instancetemplate(self, name):

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