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+# ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+# org.onap.dcae
+# ================================================================================
+# Copyright (c) 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+#
+# ECOMP is a trademark and service mark of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+#
+"""
+trapd_http_session establishes an http session for future use in publishing
+messages to the dmaap cluster.
+"""
+
+__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'
+
+import logging
+import os
+import requests
+import string
+import time
+import traceback
+
+prog_name = os.path.basename(__file__)
+
+
+# # # # # # # # # # # # #
+# fx: init_session_obj
+# # # # # # # # # # # # #
+def init_session_obj(_dcae_logger):
+    """
+    Initializes and returns a http request session object for later use
+    :Parameters:
+      dcae logger for diagnostics
+    :Exceptions:
+      session object creation
+        this function will throw an exception if unable to create
+        a new session object
+    :Keywords:
+      http request session
+    :Variables:
+      none
+    """
+
+    try:
+        s = requests.Session()
+        _dcae_logger.debug("New requests session has been initialized: %s" % s)
+    except:
+        _dcae_logger.error("Failed to create new requests session")
+
+    return s