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+# This example uses Google APIs Client for Python, you can download it here:
+# https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import division
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+import apiclient
+
+import httplib2
+
+from oauth2client.file import Storage
+
+
+DISCOVERY_URL = (
+    'https://monorail-staging.appspot.com/_ah/api/discovery/v1/apis/'
+    '{api}/{apiVersion}/rest')
+
+
+# Get credentials to authorize http object
+storage = Storage('Your-local-credential-file')
+credentials = storage.get()
+http = credentials.authorize(httplib2.Http())
+
+# Create monorail client using Google APIs Client for Python
+monorail = apiclient.discovery.build(
+    'monorail', 'v1',
+    discoveryServiceUrl=DISCOVERY_URL,
+    http=http)
+
+# Create a chromium project issue
+insert_response = monorail.issues().insert(projectId='chromium', body={
+    'summary': 'Strange grinding sound',
+    'status': 'Untriaged',
+    'cc': [{'name':'user1@example.org'}, {'name':'user2@example.org'}]
+}).execute()
+
+new_issue_id = insert_response['id']
+
+# Get all issues of chromium
+list_response = monorail.issues().list(projectId='chromium').execute()
+issues = list_response['items']
+total_issues = list_response['totalResults']