'Return a Network object based on a network name.
:param  name: The name of the network
:type   name: ``str``
:return:  A Network object for the network
:rtype:   :class:`GCENetwork`'

def ex_get_network(self, name):

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