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+import httplib
+import urllib2
+import json
+import urllib
+
+import os
+import sys
+print(sys.version)
+
+from ij import IJ
+
+host = '127.0.0.1'
+port = 8001
+uri = 'http://{}:{}/'.format(host, port)
+
+abspath = IJ.getImage().getProp('Location')
+input_filename = os.path.split(abspath)[-1]
+
+outpath = 'C:\\Users\\rhodes\\projects\\proj0015-model-server\\resources\\testdata'
+
+global connection
+connection = httplib.HTTPConnection('127.0.0.1', 8001)
+def hit_endpoint(method, endpoint, params=None):
+	if not method in ['GET', 'PUT']:
+		raise Exception('Can only handle GET and PUT requests')
+	if params:
+		url = endpoint + '?' + urllib.urlencode(params)
+	else:
+		url = endpoint
+	connection.request(method, url)
+	resp = connection.getresponse()
+	print(method + ' ' + url + ', status ' + str(resp.status) + ':\n' + str(json.loads(resp.read())))
+	return resp
+
+hit_endpoint('GET', '/')
+hit_endpoint('GET', '/models')
+hit_endpoint('PUT', '/bounce_back', {'par1': 'ghij'})
+hit_endpoint('PUT', '/models/ilastik/pixel_classification/load/', {'project_file': 'demo_px.ilp'})
+resp = hit_endpoint('GET', '/models')
+
+print(resp.read())
+#print(json.loads(resp.read())) # trying to extract model_id, but json.loads throws an error
+
+#infer_params = {
+#	'model_id': model_id,
+#	'input_filename': input_filename,
+#	'channel': 0
+#	}
+#
+#hit_endpoint('PUT', '/infer/from_image_file', infer_params)
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