--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/checkclient.py	Mon Mar 09 17:07:48 2015 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import optparse
+import sys
+
+import requests
+
+
+def main():
+    usage = "usage: %prog [options] infile"
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage)
+    parser.add_option("-s", "--host", default="localhost")
+    parser.add_option("-p", "--port", default="5000")
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    if len(args) < 1:
+        parser.print_usage()
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    url = "http://%s:%s/check/" % (options.host, options.port)
+    infilename = args[0]
+
+    files = {'file': open(infilename, 'rb')}
+
+    r = requests.post(url, files=files)
+
+    if r.status_code == 200:
+        print "OK"
+    else:
+        print "An error has occured"
+        print r.status_code, r.headers
+        print r.text
+        sys.exit(2)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()