#NEWLINE# def ex_stop_node( self , node ) : #NEWLINE# #INDENT# '\n        Stop (shutdown) a node.\n\n        :param      node: Node which should be used\n        :type       node: :class:`libcloud.compute.base.Node`\n\n        :rtype: ``bool``\n        ' #NEWLINE# response = self . connection . request ( action = ( '/servers/%s/stop' % node . id ) , method = 'POST' ) #NEWLINE# return ( node . status == 204 )