new_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals, division
  import httplib2
  import unittest
  import socket, errno
  
  
  def is_available(host='localhost', port=5000):
      try:
          httplib2.Http().request('http://{}:{}/'.format(host, port))
          return True
  
      except socket.error as ex:
          return ex.errno != errno.ECONNREFUSED
  
  
  def skipUnlessAvailable(host='localhost', port=5000):
      if not is_available(host, port):
          raise unittest.SkipTest(
              'server is not available at {}:{}'.format(host, port))
  
  
  class Client:
  
      def __init__(self, host='localhost', port=5000):
          self.host = host
          self.port = port
  
          self.connection = httplib2.Http()
          self.connection.follow_redirects = False
  
      def request(self, path='/', method='GET'):
          url = 'http://{}:{}{}'.format(self.host, self.port, path)
          return self.connection.request(url, method)
  
  
  class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
  
      def setUp(self):
          # Skip this test module unless the server is available.
          skipUnlessAvailable()
  
          # Initialize the test client.
          self.client = Client()
  
subject: Add test utilities for unit testing armet or armet-based projects.