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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+import sys
+sys.path.append('../gen-py')
+
+from tutorial import Calculator
+from tutorial.ttypes import *
+
+from thrift import Thrift
+from thrift.transport import TSocket
+from thrift.transport import TTransport
+from thrift.protocol import TBinaryProtocol
+
+try:
+
+  # Make socket
+  transport = TSocket.TSocket('localhost', 9090)
+
+  # Buffering is critical. Raw sockets are very slow
+  transport = TTransport.TBufferedTransport(transport)
+
+  # Wrap in a protocol
+  protocol = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocol(transport)
+
+  # Create a client to use the protocol encoder
+  client = Calculator.Client(protocol)
+
+  # Connect!
+  transport.open()
+
+  client.ping()
+  print 'ping()'
+
+  sum = client.add(1,1)
+  print '1+1=%d' % (sum)
+
+  work = Work()
+
+  work.op = Operation.DIVIDE
+  work.num1 = 1
+  work.num2 = 0
+
+  try:
+    quotient = client.calculate(1, work)
+    print 'Whoa? You know how to divide by zero?'
+  except InvalidOperation, io:
+    print 'InvalidOperation: %r' % io
+
+  work.op = Operation.SUBTRACT
+  work.num1 = 15
+  work.num2 = 10
+
+  diff = client.calculate(1, work)
+  print '15-10=%d' % (diff)
+
+  log = client.getStruct(1)
+  print 'Check log: %s' % (log.value)
+
+  # Close!
+  transport.close()
+
+except Thrift.TException, tx:
+  print '%s' % (tx.message)