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diff --git a/test/registry/liveserverfixture.py b/test/registry/liveserverfixture.py
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+import inspect
+import json
+import multiprocessing
+import socket
+import socketserver
+import time
+
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from urlparse import urlparse, urljoin
+
+import pytest
+import requests
+
+from flask import request
+from flask.blueprints import Blueprint
+
+
+class liveFlaskServer(object):
+  """ Helper class for spawning a live Flask server for testing.
+
+      Based on https://github.com/jarus/flask-testing/blob/master/flask_testing/utils.py#L421
+  """
+  def __init__(self, app, port_value):
+    self.app = app
+    self._port_value = port_value
+    self._process = None
+
+  def get_server_url(self):
+    """
+    Return the url of the test server
+    """
+    return 'http://localhost:%s' % self._port_value.value
+
+  def terminate_live_server(self):
+    if self._process:
+      self._process.terminate()
+
+  def spawn_live_server(self):
+    self._process = None
+    port_value = self._port_value
+
+    def worker(app, port):
+      # Based on solution: http://stackoverflow.com/a/27598916
+      # Monkey-patch the server_bind so we can determine the port bound by Flask.
+      # This handles the case where the port specified is `0`, which means that
+      # the OS chooses the port. This is the only known way (currently) of getting
+      # the port out of Flask once we call `run`.
+      original_socket_bind = socketserver.TCPServer.server_bind
+      def socket_bind_wrapper(self):
+        ret = original_socket_bind(self)
+
+        # Get the port and save it into the port_value, so the parent process
+        # can read it.
+        (_, port) = self.socket.getsockname()
+        port_value.value = port
+        socketserver.TCPServer.server_bind = original_socket_bind
+        return ret
+
+      socketserver.TCPServer.server_bind = socket_bind_wrapper
+      app.run(port=port, use_reloader=False)
+
+    self._process = multiprocessing.Process(target=worker, args=(self.app, 0))
+    self._process.start()
+
+    # We must wait for the server to start listening, but give up
+    # after a specified maximum timeout
+    timeout = self.app.config.get('LIVESERVER_TIMEOUT', 5)
+    start_time = time.time()
+
+    while True:
+      elapsed_time = (time.time() - start_time)
+      if elapsed_time > timeout:
+        raise RuntimeError("Failed to start the server after %d seconds. " % timeout)
+
+      if self._can_ping_server():
+        break
+
+  def _can_ping_server(self):
+    host, port = self._get_server_address()
+    if port == 0:
+      # Port specified by the user was 0, and the OS has not yet assigned
+      # the proper port.
+      return False
+
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+    try:
+      sock.connect((host, port))
+    except socket.error:
+      success = False
+    else:
+      success = True
+    finally:
+      sock.close()
+
+    return success
+
+  def _get_server_address(self):
+    """
+    Gets the server address used to test the connection with a socket.
+    Respects both the LIVESERVER_PORT config value and overriding
+    get_server_url()
+    """
+    parts = urlparse(self.get_server_url())
+
+    host = parts.hostname
+    port = parts.port
+
+    if port is None:
+      if parts.scheme == 'http':
+        port = 80
+      elif parts.scheme == 'https':
+        port = 443
+      else:
+        raise RuntimeError("Unsupported server url scheme: %s" % parts.scheme)
+
+    return host, port
+
+
+class LiveFixtureServerSession(object):
+  """ Helper class for calling the live server via a single requests Session. """
+  def __init__(self, base_url):
+    self.base_url = base_url
+    self.session = requests.Session()
+
+  def _get_url(self, url):
+    return urljoin(self.base_url, url)
+
+  def get(self, url, **kwargs):
+    return self.session.get(self._get_url(url), **kwargs)
+
+  def post(self, url, **kwargs):
+    return self.session.post(self._get_url(url), **kwargs)
+
+  def put(self, url, **kwargs):
+    return self.session.put(self._get_url(url), **kwargs)
+
+  def delete(self, url, **kwargs):
+    return self.session.delete(self._get_url(url), **kwargs)
+
+  def request(self, method, url, **kwargs):
+    return self.session.request(method, self._get_url(url), **kwargs)
+
+
+class LiveFixtureServer(object):
+  """ Helper for interacting with a live server. """
+  def __init__(self, url):
+    self.url = url
+
+  @contextmanager
+  def session(self):
+    """ Yields a session for speaking to the live server. """
+    yield LiveFixtureServerSession(self.url)
+
+  def new_session(self):
+    """ Returns a new session for speaking to the live server. """
+    return LiveFixtureServerSession(self.url)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='function')
+def liveserver(liveserver_app):
+  """ Runs a live Flask server for the app for the duration of the test.
+
+      Based on https://github.com/jarus/flask-testing/blob/master/flask_testing/utils.py#L421
+  """
+  context = liveserver_app.test_request_context()
+  context.push()
+
+  port = multiprocessing.Value('i', 0)
+  live_server = liveFlaskServer(liveserver_app, port)
+
+  try:
+    live_server.spawn_live_server()
+    yield LiveFixtureServer(live_server.get_server_url())
+  finally:
+    context.pop()
+    live_server.terminate_live_server()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope='function')
+def liveserver_session(liveserver, liveserver_app):
+  """ Fixtures which instantiates a liveserver and returns a single session for
+      interacting with that server.
+  """
+  return LiveFixtureServerSession(liveserver.url)
+
+
+class LiveServerExecutor(object):
+  """ Helper class which can be used to register functions to be executed in the
+      same process as the live server. This is necessary because the live server
+      runs in a different process and, therefore, in order to execute state changes
+      outside of the server's normal flows (i.e. via code), it must be executed
+      *in-process* via an HTTP call. The LiveServerExecutor class abstracts away
+      all the setup for this process.
+
+      Usage:
+        def _perform_operation(first_param, second_param):
+          ... do some operation in the app ...
+          return 'some value'
+
+        @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+        def my_server_executor():
+          executor = LiveServerExecutor()
+          executor.register('performoperation', _perform_operation)
+          return executor
+
+        @pytest.fixture()
+        def liveserver_app(app, my_server_executor):
+          ... other app setup here ...
+          my_server_executor.apply_blueprint_to_app(app)
+          return app
+
+        def test_mytest(liveserver, my_server_executor):
+          # Invokes 'performoperation' in the liveserver's process.
+          my_server_executor.on(liveserver).performoperation('first', 'second')
+  """
+  def __init__(self):
+    self.funcs = {}
+
+  def register(self, fn_name, fn):
+    """ Registers the given function under the given name. """
+    self.funcs[fn_name] = fn
+
+  def apply_blueprint_to_app(self, app):
+    """ Applies a blueprint to the app, to support invocation from this executor. """
+    testbp = Blueprint('testbp', __name__)
+
+    def build_invoker(fn_name, fn):
+      path = '/' + fn_name
+      @testbp.route(path, methods=['POST'], endpoint=fn_name)
+      def _(**kwargs):
+        arg_values = request.get_json()['args']
+        return fn(*arg_values)
+
+    for fn_name, fn in self.funcs.iteritems():
+      build_invoker(fn_name, fn)
+
+    app.register_blueprint(testbp, url_prefix='/__test')
+
+  def on(self, server):
+    """ Returns an invoker for the given live server. """
+    return liveServerExecutorInvoker(self.funcs, server)
+
+  def on_session(self, server_session):
+    """ Returns an invoker for the given live server session. """
+    return liveServerExecutorInvoker(self.funcs, server_session)
+
+
+class liveServerExecutorInvoker(object):
+  def __init__(self, funcs, server_or_session):
+    self._funcs = funcs
+    self._server_or_session = server_or_session
+
+  def __getattribute__(self, name):
+    if name.startswith('_'):
+      return object.__getattribute__(self, name)
+
+    if name not in self._funcs:
+      raise AttributeError('Unknown function: %s' % name)
+
+    def invoker(*args):
+      path = '/__test/%s' % name
+      headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
+
+      if isinstance(self._server_or_session, LiveFixtureServerSession):
+        return self._server_or_session.post(path, data=json.dumps({'args': args}), headers=headers)
+      else:
+        with self._server_or_session.session() as session:
+          return session.post(path, data=json.dumps({'args': args}), headers=headers)
+
+    return invoker