client.py

import sys
sys.path.append('gen-py')
from hello import Hello

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


def main():
    # Make socket
    transport = TSocket.TSocket('localhost', 5000)

    # 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 = Hello.Client(protocol)

    # Connect!
    transport.open()

    print(client.ping())

main()