code: def extract_instance_id(state_error):
      "Extract an instance id from an error"
      instance_id = None
      match = RE_ERROR_INSTANCE_ID.search(str(state_error))
      if match:
          instance_id = match.groupdict().get('instance_id')
      if match is None or instance_id is None:
          raise ValueError("Could not extract instance id from error: %s" % state_error)
      return instance_if extract_instance_id(state_error):
      "Extract an instance id from an error"
      instance_id = None
      match = RE_ERROR_INSTANCE_ID.search(str(state_error))
      if match:
          instance_id = match.groupdict().get('instance_id')
      if match is None or instance_id is None:
          raise ValueError("Could not extract instance id from error: %s" % state_error)
      return instance_id
docs: Extract an instance id from an error