Thrift Boilerplate Client code

thrift_boiler.py

    from thrift.transport import TTransport
    from thrift.transport import TSocket
    from thrift.protocol import TBinaryProtocol

    import Service

    try:
        socket = TSocket.TSocket("localhost", 45678)
        transport = TTransport.TFramedTransport(socket)
        protocol = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocol(transport)
        client = Service.Client(protocol)
        transport.open()

        print client.ping()

    except:
        print "ERROR: ",sys.exc_info()
    finally:
        transport.close()