'Stops a node.
This also deallocates the public IP space.
:param  node: The node you wish to halt.
:type   node: :class:`Node`
:rtype:     : ``bool``'

def ex_stop_node(self, node):

    action = (node.extra['href'] + '/stop')
    self.connection.request(action=action, method='POST', with_full_url=True)
    return True
