gistfile1.py

# (Prerequesite) Install soaplib by running: easy_install soaplib

from soaplib.client import make_service_client
from soaplib.wsgi_soap import SimpleWSGISoapApp
from soaplib.service import soapmethod
from soaplib.serializers.primitive import String, Integer, Array

class JiraSOAPService(SimpleWSGISoapApp):
	@soapmethod(String, String, _outVariableName="loginReturn", _returns=String)
	def login(self,username,password):
		pass
	
	@soapmethod(String, _outVariableName="logoutReturn", _returns=String)
	def logout(self, authToken):
		pass

	# Add here any other methods from the JiraSoapRPCPluginAPI: http://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/rpc-jira-plugin/latest/com/atlassian/jira/rpc/soap/JiraSoapService.html

if __name__=='__main__':
	JiraSoapRPCUrl = 'http://localhost:8080/rpc/soap/jirasoapservice-v2'
	jira_client = make_service_client(JiraSoapRPCUrl,JiraSoapService())

	# Now let's grab a token 
	authToken =  jira_client.login("testuser","password")

	# Add here other calls to do what you want!
		
	# Then logout!
	print jira_client.logout(authToken)