The HIL API Client Library for Python is designed for Python client-application developers. It offers simple access to HIL APIs.
$ pip install git+https://github.com/cci-moc/hil
import os
from hil.client.client import Client, RequestsHTTPClient
ep = os.environ.get('HIL_ENDPOINT')
basic_username = os.getenv('HIL_USERNAME')
basic_password = os.getenv('HIL_PASSWORD')
http_client = RequestsHTTPClient()
http_client.auth = (basic_username, basic_password)
C = Client(ep, http_client)
print C.project.create("test-project")