diff --git a/python/cspdylay.pxd b/python/cspdylay.pxd
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/python/cspdylay.pxd
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+from libc.stdint cimport uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, int32_t
+
+cdef extern from 'spdylay/spdylay.h':
+
+    ctypedef enum spdylay_proto_version:
+        SPDYLAY_PROTO_SPDY2
+        SPDYLAY_PROTO_SPDY3
+
+    ctypedef enum spdylay_error:
+        SPDYLAY_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT
+        SPDYLAY_ERR_ZLIB
+        SPDYLAY_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION
+        SPDYLAY_ERR_WOULDBLOCK
+        SPDYLAY_ERR_EOF
+        SPDYLAY_ERR_DEFERRED
+        SPDYLAY_ERR_TEMPORAL_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+        # Fatal errors follow
+        SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM
+        SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+
+    ctypedef enum spdylay_ctrl_flag:
+        SPDYLAY_CTRL_FLAG_NONE
+        SPDYLAY_CTRL_FLAG_FIN
+        SPDYLAY_CTRL_FLAG_UNIDIRECTIONAL
+
+    ctypedef enum spdylay_frame_type:
+        SPDYLAY_SYN_STREAM
+        SPDYLAY_SYN_REPLY
+        SPDYLAY_RST_STREAM
+        SPDYLAY_SETTINGS
+        SPDYLAY_NOOP
+        SPDYLAY_PING
+        SPDYLAY_GOAWAY
+        SPDYLAY_HEADERS
+        SPDYLAY_WINDOW_UPDATE
+        SPDYLAY_CREDENTIAL
+
+    ctypedef enum spdylay_status_code:
+        SPDYLAY_OK
+        SPDYLAY_PROTOCOL_ERROR
+        SPDYLAY_INVALID_STREAM
+        SPDYLAY_REFUSED_STREAM
+        SPDYLAY_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION
+        SPDYLAY_CANCEL
+        SPDYLAY_INTERNAL_ERROR
+        SPDYLAY_FLOW_CONTROL_ERROR
+        # Following status codes were introduced in SPDY/3
+        SPDYLAY_STREAM_IN_USE
+        SPDYLAY_STREAM_ALREADY_CLOSED
+        SPDYLAY_INVALID_CREDENTIALS
+        SPDYLAY_FRAME_TOO_LARGE
+
+    # The status codes for GOAWAY, introduced in SPDY/3.
+    ctypedef enum spdylay_goaway_status_code:
+        SPDYLAY_GOAWAY_OK
+        SPDYLAY_GOAWAY_PROTOCOL_ERROR
+        SPDYLAY_GOAWAY_INTERNAL_ERROR
+
+    ctypedef enum spdylay_settings_flag:
+        SPDYLAY_FLAG_SETTINGS_NONE
+        SPDYLAY_FLAG_SETTINGS_CLEAR_SETTINGS
+
+    ctypedef enum spdylay_settings_id_flag:
+        SPDYLAY_ID_FLAG_SETTINGS_NONE
+        SPDYLAY_ID_FLAG_SETTINGS_PERSIST_VALUE
+        SPDYLAY_ID_FLAG_SETTINGS_PERSISTED
+
+    ctypedef enum spdylay_settings_id:
+        SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_UPLOAD_BANDWIDTH
+        SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_DOWNLOAD_BANDWIDTH
+        SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_ROUND_TRIP_TIME
+        SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS
+        SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_CURRENT_CWND
+        SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_DOWNLOAD_RETRANS_RATE
+        SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE
+        SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_VECTOR_SIZE
+        SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_MAX
+
+    ctypedef struct spdylay_ctrl_hd:
+        uint16_t version
+        uint16_t type
+        uint8_t flags
+        int32_t length
+
+    ctypedef struct spdylay_syn_stream:
+        spdylay_ctrl_hd hd
+        int32_t stream_id
+        int32_t assoc_stream_id
+        uint8_t pri
+        uint8_t slot
+        char **nv
+
+    ctypedef struct spdylay_syn_reply:
+        spdylay_ctrl_hd hd
+        int32_t stream_id
+        char **nv
+
+    ctypedef struct spdylay_rst_stream:
+        spdylay_ctrl_hd hd
+        int32_t stream_id
+        uint32_t status_code
+
+    ctypedef struct spdylay_settings_entry:
+        int32_t settings_id
+        uint8_t flags
+        uint32_t value
+
+    ctypedef struct spdylay_settings:
+        spdylay_ctrl_hd hd
+        size_t niv
+        spdylay_settings_entry *iv
+
+    ctypedef struct spdylay_goaway:
+        spdylay_ctrl_hd hd
+        int32_t last_good_stream_id
+        uint32_t status_code
+
+    ctypedef union spdylay_frame:
+        spdylay_syn_stream syn_stream
+        spdylay_syn_reply syn_reply
+        spdylay_rst_stream rst_stream
+        spdylay_settings settings
+        #spdylay_ping ping
+        spdylay_goaway goaway
+        #spdylay_headers headers
+        #spdylay_window_update window_update
+        #spdylay_credential credential
+
+    ctypedef union spdylay_data_source:
+        int fd
+        void *ptr
+
+    ctypedef ssize_t (*spdylay_data_source_read_callback)\
+        (spdylay_session *session, int32_t stream_id,
+         uint8_t *buf, size_t length, int *eof,
+         spdylay_data_source *source, void *user_data)
+
+    ctypedef struct spdylay_data_provider:
+        spdylay_data_source source
+        spdylay_data_source_read_callback read_callback
+
+    ctypedef struct spdylay_session:
+        pass
+
+
+    ctypedef ssize_t (*spdylay_send_callback)\
+        (spdylay_session *session,
+         uint8_t *data, size_t length, int flags, void *user_data)
+
+    ctypedef ssize_t (*spdylay_recv_callback)\
+        (spdylay_session *session,
+         uint8_t *buf, size_t length, int flags, void *user_data)
+
+    ctypedef void (*spdylay_on_ctrl_recv_callback)\
+        (spdylay_session *session, spdylay_frame_type frame_type,
+         spdylay_frame *frame, void *user_data)
+
+    ctypedef void (*spdylay_on_data_chunk_recv_callback)\
+        (spdylay_session *session, uint8_t flags, int32_t stream_id,
+         uint8_t *data, size_t len, void *user_data)
+
+    ctypedef struct spdylay_session_callbacks:
+        spdylay_send_callback send_callback
+        spdylay_recv_callback recv_callback
+        spdylay_on_ctrl_recv_callback on_ctrl_recv_callback
+        spdylay_on_data_chunk_recv_callback on_data_chunk_recv_callback
+
+    int spdylay_session_client_new(spdylay_session **session_ptr,
+                                   int version,
+                                   spdylay_session_callbacks *callbacks,
+                                   void *user_data)
+
+    int spdylay_session_server_new(spdylay_session **session_ptr,
+                                   int version,
+                                   spdylay_session_callbacks *callbacks,
+                                   void *user_data)
+
+    void spdylay_session_del(spdylay_session *session)
+
+
+    int spdylay_session_recv(spdylay_session *session)
+
+    ssize_t spdylay_session_mem_recv(spdylay_session *session,
+                                     uint8_t *data, size_t length)
+
+    int spdylay_session_send(spdylay_session *session)
+
+    int spdylay_session_resume_data(spdylay_session *session,
+                                    int32_t stream_id)
+
+    bint spdylay_session_want_read(spdylay_session *session)
+
+    bint spdylay_session_want_write(spdylay_session *session)
+
+    void* spdylay_session_get_stream_user_data(spdylay_session *session,
+                                               int32_t stream_id)
+
+    size_t spdylay_session_get_outbound_queue_size(spdylay_session *session)
+
+    uint8_t spdylay_session_get_pri_lowest(spdylay_session *session)
+
+    int spdylay_session_fail_session(spdylay_session *session,
+                                     uint32_t status_code)
+
+    char* spdylay_strerror(int error_code)
+
+    int spdylay_submit_request(spdylay_session *session, uint8_t pri,
+                               char **nv,
+                               spdylay_data_provider *data_prd,
+                               void *stream_user_data)
+
+    int spdylay_submit_response(spdylay_session *session,
+                                int32_t stream_id, char **nv,
+                                spdylay_data_provider *data_prd)
+
+    int spdylay_submit_syn_stream(spdylay_session *session, uint8_t flags,
+                                  int32_t assoc_stream_id, uint8_t pri,
+                                  char **nv, void *stream_user_data)
+
+    int spdylay_submit_syn_reply(spdylay_session *session, uint8_t flags,
+                                 int32_t stream_id, char **nv)
+
+    int spdylay_submit_rst_stream(spdylay_session *session,
+                                  int32_t stream_id, uint32_t status_code)
+
+    int spdylay_submit_goaway(spdylay_session *session, uint32_t status_code)
+
+    int spdylay_submit_settings(spdylay_session *session, uint8_t flags,
+                                spdylay_settings_entry *iv, size_t niv)
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc6b4765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/setup.py
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+from distutils.core import setup
+from distutils.extension import Extension
+
+spdylay_dir = '../'
+
+setup(
+    ext_modules = [Extension("spdylay",
+                             ["spdylay.c"],
+                             include_dirs=[spdylay_dir + 'lib/includes'],
+                             library_dirs=[spdylay_dir + 'lib/.libs'],
+                             libraries=['spdylay'])]
+    )
diff --git a/python/spdylay.pyx b/python/spdylay.pyx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff00f287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/spdylay.pyx
@@ -0,0 +1,687 @@
+cimport cspdylay
+
+from libc.stdlib cimport malloc, free
+from libc.string cimport memcpy, memset
+from libc.stdint cimport uint8_t, uint16_t, uint32_t, int32_t
+
+class EOFError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class CallbackFailureError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class TemporalCallbackFailureError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class InvalidArgumentError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class ZlibError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class UnsupportedVersionError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class DataProvider:
+    def __init__(self, source, read_cb):
+        self.source = source
+        self.read_cb = read_cb
+
+cdef class CtrlFrame:
+    cdef uint16_t version
+    cdef uint16_t frame_type
+    cdef uint8_t flags
+    cdef int32_t length
+
+    cdef void fillhd(self, cspdylay.spdylay_ctrl_hd *hd):
+        self.version = hd.version
+        self.frame_type = hd.type
+        self.flags = hd.flags
+        self.length = hd.length
+
+    property version:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.version
+
+    property frame_type:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.frame_type
+
+    property flags:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.flags
+
+    property length:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.length
+
+cdef class SynStreamFrame(CtrlFrame):
+    cdef int32_t stream_id
+    cdef int32_t assoc_stream_id
+    cdef uint8_t pri
+    cdef uint8_t slot
+    cdef object nv
+
+    cdef void fill(self, cspdylay.spdylay_syn_stream *frame):
+        self.fillhd(&frame.hd)
+
+        self.stream_id = frame.stream_id
+        self.assoc_stream_id = frame.assoc_stream_id
+        self.pri = frame.pri
+        self.slot = frame.slot
+        self.nv = cnv2pynv(frame.nv)
+
+    property stream_id:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.stream_id
+
+    property assoc_stream_id:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.assoc_stream_id
+
+    property pri:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.pri
+
+    property nv:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.nv
+
+cdef class SynReplyFrame(CtrlFrame):
+    cdef int32_t stream_id
+    cdef object nv
+
+    cdef void fill(self, cspdylay.spdylay_syn_reply *frame):
+        self.fillhd(&frame.hd)
+
+        self.stream_id = frame.stream_id
+        self.nv = cnv2pynv(frame.nv)
+
+    property stream_id:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.stream_id
+    property nv:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.nv
+
+cdef class RstStreamFrame(CtrlFrame):
+    cdef int32_t stream_id
+    cdef uint32_t status_code
+
+    cdef void fill(self, cspdylay.spdylay_rst_stream *frame):
+        self.fillhd(&frame.hd)
+
+        self.stream_id = frame.stream_id
+        self.status_code = frame.status_code
+
+    property stream_id:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.stream_id
+
+    property status_code:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.status_code
+
+cdef class SettingsFrame(CtrlFrame):
+    cdef object iv
+
+    cdef void fill(self, cspdylay.spdylay_settings *frame):
+        self.fillhd(&frame.hd)
+
+        self.iv = csettings2pysettings(frame.niv, frame.iv)
+
+
+    property iv:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.iv
+
+cdef class GoawayFrame(CtrlFrame):
+    cdef int32_t last_good_stream_id
+    cdef uint32_t status_code
+
+    cdef void fill(self, cspdylay.spdylay_goaway *frame):
+        self.fillhd(&frame.hd)
+
+        self.last_good_stream_id = frame.last_good_stream_id
+        self.status_code = frame.status_code
+
+    property last_good_stream_id:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.last_good_stream_id
+
+    property status_code:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.status_code
+
+cdef object cnv2pynv(char **nv):
+    ''' Convert C-style name/value pairs ``nv`` to Python style
+    pairs. '''
+    cdef size_t i
+    pynv = []
+    i = 0
+    while nv[i] != NULL:
+        pynv.append((nv[i], nv[i+1]))
+        i += 2
+    return pynv
+
+cdef char** pynv2cnv(object nv) except *:
+    ''' Convert Python style name/value pairs ``nv`` to C-style
+    pairs. Python style name/value pairs are list of tuple (key,
+    value).'''
+    cdef char **cnv = <char**>malloc((len(nv)*2+1)*sizeof(char*))
+    cdef size_t i
+    if cnv == NULL:
+        raise MemoryError()
+    i = 0
+    for n, v in nv:
+        cnv[i] = n
+        i += 1
+        cnv[i] = v
+        i += 1
+    cnv[i] = NULL
+    return cnv
+
+cdef object csettings2pysettings(size_t niv,
+                                 cspdylay.spdylay_settings_entry *iv):
+    cdef size_t i = 0
+    cdef cspdylay.spdylay_settings_entry *ent
+    res = []
+    while i < niv:
+        ent = &iv[i]
+        res.append((ent.settings_id, ent.flags, ent.value))
+        i += 1
+    return res
+
+cdef cspdylay.spdylay_settings_entry* pysettings2csettings(object iv) except *:
+    cdef size_t i
+    cdef cspdylay.spdylay_settings_entry *civ =\
+        <cspdylay.spdylay_settings_entry*>malloc(\
+        len(iv)*sizeof(cspdylay.spdylay_settings_entry))
+    if civ == NULL:
+        raise MemoryError()
+    i = 0
+    for settings_id, flags, value in iv:
+        civ[i].settings_id = settings_id
+        civ[i].flags = flags
+        civ[i].value = value
+        i += 1
+    return civ
+
+cdef cspdylay.spdylay_data_provider create_c_data_prd\
+(cspdylay.spdylay_data_provider *cdata_prd, object pydata_prd):
+    cdata_prd.source.ptr = <void*>pydata_prd
+    cdata_prd.read_callback = read_callback
+
+cdef void on_ctrl_recv_callback(cspdylay.spdylay_session *session,
+                                cspdylay.spdylay_frame_type frame_type,
+                                cspdylay.spdylay_frame *frame,
+                                void *user_data):
+    cdef SynStreamFrame syn_stream
+    cdef SynReplyFrame syn_reply
+    cdef RstStreamFrame rst_stream
+    cdef SettingsFrame settings
+    cdef GoawayFrame goaway
+
+    cdef Session pysession = <Session>user_data
+
+    if not pysession.on_ctrl_recv_cb:
+        return
+
+    pyframe = None
+    if frame_type == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SYN_STREAM:
+        syn_stream = SynStreamFrame()
+        syn_stream.fill(&frame.syn_stream)
+        pyframe = syn_stream
+    elif frame_type == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SYN_REPLY:
+        syn_reply = SynReplyFrame()
+        syn_reply.fill(&frame.syn_reply)
+        pyframe = syn_reply
+    elif frame_type == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_RST_STREAM:
+        rst_stream = RstStreamFrame()
+        rst_stream.fill(&frame.rst_stream)
+        pyframe = rst_stream
+    elif frame_type == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SETTINGS:
+        settings = SettingsFrame()
+        settings.fill(&frame.settings)
+        pyframe = settings
+    elif frame_type == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_GOAWAY:
+        goaway = GoawayFrame()
+        goaway.fill(&frame.goaway)
+        pyframe = goaway
+
+    if pyframe:
+        try:
+            pysession.on_ctrl_recv_cb(pysession, pyframe)
+        except Exception as e:
+            pysession.error = e
+        except BaseException as e:
+            pysession.base_error = e
+
+cdef ssize_t recv_callback(cspdylay.spdylay_session *session,
+                           uint8_t *buf, size_t length,
+                           int flags, void *user_data):
+    cdef Session pysession = <Session>user_data
+    if pysession.recv_callback:
+        try:
+            data = pysession.recv_callback(pysession, length)
+        except EOFError as e:
+            pysession.error = e
+            return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_EOF
+        except CallbackFailureError as e:
+            pysession.error = e
+            return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+        except Exception as e:
+            pysession.error = e
+            return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+        except BaseException as e:
+            pysession.base_error = e
+            return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+        if data:
+            if len(data) > length:
+                return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+            memcpy(buf, <char*>data, len(data))
+            return len(data)
+        else:
+            return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_WOULDBLOCK
+    else:
+        return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+
+cdef ssize_t send_callback(cspdylay.spdylay_session *session,
+                           uint8_t *data, size_t length, int flags,
+                           void *user_data):
+    cdef Session pysession = <Session>user_data
+    if pysession.send_callback:
+        try:
+            rv = pysession.send_callback(pysession, (<char*>data)[:length])
+        except CallbackFailureError as e:
+            pysession.error = e
+            return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+        except Exception as e:
+            pysession.error = e
+            return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+        except BaseException as e:
+            pysession.base_error = e
+            return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_WOULDBLOCK:
+            return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_WOULDBLOCK
+        else:
+            return rv
+    else:
+        # If no send_callback is given, pretend all data were sent and
+        # just return length
+        return length
+
+cdef void on_data_chunk_recv_callback(cspdylay.spdylay_session *session,
+                                      uint8_t flags, int32_t stream_id,
+                                      uint8_t *data, size_t length,
+                                      void *user_data):
+    cdef Session pysession = <Session>user_data
+    if pysession.on_data_chunk_recv_cb:
+        try:
+            pysession.on_data_chunk_recv_cb(pysession, flags, stream_id,
+                                            (<char*>data)[:length])
+        except Exception as e:
+            pysession.error = e
+        except BaseException as e:
+            pysession.base_error = e
+
+cdef ssize_t read_callback(cspdylay.spdylay_session *session,
+                           int32_t stream_id, uint8_t *buf, size_t length,
+                           int *eof, cspdylay.spdylay_data_source *source,
+                           void *user_data):
+    cdef Session pysession = <Session>user_data
+    data_prd = <object>source.ptr
+
+    try:
+        data, status = data_prd.read_cb(pysession, stream_id, length,
+                                        data_prd.source)
+    except TemporalCallbackFailureError as e:
+        return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_TEMPORAL_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+    except CallbackFailureError as e:
+        pysession.error = e
+        return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+    except Exception as e:
+        pysession.error = e
+        return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+    except BaseException as e:
+        pysession.base_error = e
+        return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+
+    if status == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_EOF:
+        eof[0] = 1
+    elif status == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_DEFERRED:
+        return status
+    if data:
+        if len(data) > length:
+            return cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE
+        memcpy(buf, <char*>data, len(data))
+        return len(data)
+    else:
+        return 0
+
+cdef class Session:
+    cdef cspdylay.spdylay_session *_c_session
+    cdef object recv_callback
+    cdef object send_callback
+    cdef object on_ctrl_recv_cb
+    cdef object on_data_chunk_recv_cb
+
+    cdef object user_data
+
+    cdef object error
+    cdef object base_error
+
+    property user_data:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.user_data
+
+    def __cinit__(self, side, version,
+                  recv_cb=None, send_cb=None,
+                  on_data_chunk_recv_cb=None,
+                  on_ctrl_recv_cb=None,
+                  user_data=None):
+        cdef cspdylay.spdylay_session_callbacks c_session_callbacks
+        cdef int rv
+        self._c_session = NULL
+        memset(&c_session_callbacks, 0, sizeof(c_session_callbacks))
+        c_session_callbacks.recv_callback = \
+            <cspdylay.spdylay_recv_callback>recv_callback
+        c_session_callbacks.send_callback = \
+            <cspdylay.spdylay_send_callback>send_callback
+        c_session_callbacks.on_ctrl_recv_callback = \
+            <cspdylay.spdylay_on_ctrl_recv_callback>on_ctrl_recv_callback
+        # c_session_callbacks.on_invalid_ctrl_recv_callback = NULL
+        c_session_callbacks.on_data_chunk_recv_callback = \
+            <cspdylay.spdylay_on_data_chunk_recv_callback>\
+            on_data_chunk_recv_callback
+        # c_session_callbacks.on_data_recv_callback = NULL
+        # c_session_callbacks.before_ctrl_send_callback = NULL
+        # c_session_callbacks.on_ctrl_send_callback = NULL
+        # c_session_callbacks.on_ctrl_not_send_callback = NULL
+        # c_session_callbacks.on_data_send_callback = NULL
+        # c_session_callbacks.on_stream_close_callback = NULL
+        # c_session_callbacks.on_request_recv_callback = NULL
+        # c_session_callbacks.get_credential_proof = NULL
+        # c_session_callbacks.get_credential_ncerts = NULL
+        # c_session_callbacks.get_credential_cert = NULL
+        # c_session_callbacks.on_ctrl_recv_parse_error_callback = NULL
+        # c_session_callbacks.on_unknown_ctrl_recv_callback = NULL
+
+        self.recv_callback = recv_cb
+        self.send_callback = send_cb
+        self.on_data_chunk_recv_cb = on_data_chunk_recv_cb
+        self.on_ctrl_recv_cb = on_ctrl_recv_cb
+        self.user_data = user_data
+
+        if side == CLIENT:
+            rv = cspdylay.spdylay_session_client_new(&self._c_session,
+                                                      version,
+                                                      &c_session_callbacks,
+                                                      <void*>self)
+        elif side == SERVER:
+            rv = cspdylay.spdylay_session_server_new(&self._c_session,
+                                                      version,
+                                                      &c_session_callbacks,
+                                                      <void*>self)
+        else:
+            raise InvalidArgumentError('side must be either CLIENT or SERVER')
+
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+        elif rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_ZLIB:
+            raise ZlibError(cspdylay.spdylay_strerror(rv))
+        elif rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION:
+            raise UnsupportedVersionError(cspdylay.spdylay_strerror(rv))
+
+    def __init__(self, side, version,
+                 recv_cb=None, send_cb=None,
+                 on_data_chunk_recv_cb=None,
+                 on_ctrl_recv_cb=None,
+                 user_data=None):
+        pass
+
+    def __dealloc__(self):
+        cspdylay.spdylay_session_del(self._c_session)
+
+    cpdef recv(self, data=None):
+        cdef int rv
+        cdef char *c_data
+        self.error = self.base_error = None
+        if data is None:
+            rv = cspdylay.spdylay_session_recv(self._c_session)
+        else:
+            c_data = data
+            rv = cspdylay.spdylay_session_mem_recv(self._c_session,
+                                                   <uint8_t*>c_data, len(data))
+        if self.base_error:
+            raise self.base_error
+        if self.error:
+            raise self.error
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_EOF:
+            raise EOFError()
+        elif rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+        elif rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE:
+            raise CallbackFailureError()
+
+    cpdef send(self):
+        cdef int rv
+        self.error = self.base_error = None
+        rv = cspdylay.spdylay_session_send(self._c_session)
+        if self.base_error:
+            raise self.base_error
+        elif self.error:
+            raise self.error
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+        elif rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_CALLBACK_FAILURE:
+            raise CallbackFailureError()
+
+    cpdef resume_data(self, stream_id):
+        cpdef int rv
+        rv = cspdylay.spdylay_session_resume_data(self._c_session, stream_id)
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT:
+            raise InvalidArgumentError(cspdylay.spdylay_strerror(rv))
+        elif rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+
+    cpdef want_read(self):
+        return cspdylay.spdylay_session_want_read(self._c_session)
+
+    cpdef want_write(self):
+        return cspdylay.spdylay_session_want_write(self._c_session)
+
+    cpdef get_stream_user_data(self, stream_id):
+        return <object>cspdylay.spdylay_session_get_stream_user_data(\
+            self._c_session, stream_id)
+
+    cpdef get_outbound_queue_size(self):
+        return cspdylay.spdylay_session_get_outbound_queue_size(\
+            self._c_session)
+
+    cpdef get_pri_lowest(self):
+        return cspdylay.spdylay_session_get_pri_lowest(self._c_session)
+
+
+    cpdef fail_session(self, status_code):
+        cdef int rv
+        rv = cspdylay.spdylay_session_fail_session(self._c_session,
+                                                   status_code)
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+
+    cpdef submit_request(self, pri, nv, data_prd=None, stream_user_data=None):
+        ''' Submits frame and optionally one or more DATA frames.  If
+        data_prd is not None, it provides data which will be sent in
+        subsequent DATA frames. It must have 2 attributes: source and
+        read_cb. source is an opaque object and passed to read_cb
+        callback.  read_cb must be None or a callable object. The
+        library calls it when it needs data. 4 arguments are passed to
+        read_cb: session, stream_id, length and source. And it returns
+        at most length bytes of byte string. The session is self. The
+        stream_id is the stream ID of the stream.  The length is the
+        maximum length the library expects. read_cb must not return
+        more that length bytes. The source is the object passed in
+        data_prd.source.
+        '''
+        cdef cspdylay.spdylay_data_provider c_data_prd
+        cdef cspdylay.spdylay_data_provider *c_data_prd_ptr
+        cdef char **cnv = pynv2cnv(nv)
+        cpdef int rv
+        if data_prd:
+            create_c_data_prd(&c_data_prd, data_prd)
+            c_data_prd_ptr = &c_data_prd
+        else:
+            c_data_prd_ptr = NULL
+
+        rv = cspdylay.spdylay_submit_request(self._c_session, pri, cnv,
+                                             c_data_prd_ptr,
+                                             <void*>stream_user_data)
+        free(cnv)
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT:
+            raise InvalidArgumentError(cspdylay.spdylay_strerror(rv))
+        elif rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+
+    cpdef submit_response(self, stream_id, nv, data_prd=None):
+        cdef cspdylay.spdylay_data_provider c_data_prd
+        cdef cspdylay.spdylay_data_provider *c_data_prd_ptr
+        cdef char **cnv = pynv2cnv(nv)
+        cpdef int rv
+        if data_prd:
+            create_c_data_prd(&c_data_prd, data_prd)
+            c_data_prd_ptr = &c_data_prd
+        else:
+            c_data_prd_ptr = NULL
+
+        rv = cspdylay.spdylay_submit_response(self._c_session, stream_id,
+                                              cnv, c_data_prd_ptr)
+        free(cnv)
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+
+    cpdef submit_syn_stream(self, flags, assoc_stream_id, pri, nv,
+                            stream_user_data):
+        cdef char **cnv = pynv2cnv(nv)
+        cdef int rv
+        rv = cspdylay.spdylay_submit_syn_stream(self._c_session,
+                                                flags,
+                                                assoc_stream_id,
+                                                pri,
+                                                cnv,
+                                                <void*>stream_user_data)
+        free(cnv)
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT:
+            raise InvalidArgumentError(cspdylay.spdylay_strerror(rv))
+        elif rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+
+    cpdef submit_syn_reply(self, flags, stream_id, nv):
+        cdef char **cnv = pynv2cnv(nv)
+        cdef int rv
+        rv = cspdylay.spdylay_submit_syn_reply(self._c_session,
+                                               flags, stream_id, cnv)
+        free(cnv)
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+
+    cpdef submit_rst_stream(self, stream_id, status_code):
+        cdef int rv
+        rv = cspdylay.spdylay_submit_rst_stream(self._c_session, stream_id,
+                                                status_code)
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+
+    cpdef submit_goaway(self, status_code):
+        cdef int rv
+        rv = cspdylay.spdylay_submit_goaway(self._c_session, status_code)
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+
+    cpdef submit_settings(self, flags, iv):
+        ''' Submit SETTINGS frame. iv is list of tuple (settings_id,
+        flag, value)
+        '''
+        cdef int rv
+        cdef cspdylay.spdylay_settings_entry *civ = pysettings2csettings(iv)
+        rv = cspdylay.spdylay_submit_settings(self._c_session, flags,
+                                              civ, len(iv))
+        free(civ)
+        if rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT:
+            raise InvalidArgumentError(cspdylay.spdylay_strerror(rv))
+        elif rv == cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_NOMEM:
+            raise MemoryError()
+
+# Side
+CLIENT = 1
+SERVER = 2
+
+# SPDY protocol version
+PROTO_SPDY2 = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_PROTO_SPDY2
+PROTO_SPDY3 = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_PROTO_SPDY3
+
+# Control frame flags
+CTRL_FLAG_NONE = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_CTRL_FLAG_NONE
+CTRL_FLAG_FIN = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_CTRL_FLAG_FIN
+CTRL_FLAG_UNIDIRECTIONAL = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_CTRL_FLAG_UNIDIRECTIONAL
+
+# Error codes used in callback
+ERR_OK = 0 # Not defined in <spdylay/spdylay.h>
+ERR_EOF = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_EOF
+ERR_DEFERRED = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ERR_DEFERRED
+
+# The status code for RST_STREAM
+OK = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_OK
+PROTOCOL_ERROR = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_PROTOCOL_ERROR
+INVALID_STREAM = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_INVALID_STREAM
+REFUSED_STREAM = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_REFUSED_STREAM
+UNSUPPORTED_VERSION = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_UNSUPPORTED_VERSION
+CANCEL = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_CANCEL
+INTERNAL_ERROR = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_INTERNAL_ERROR
+FLOW_CONTROL_ERROR = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_FLOW_CONTROL_ERROR
+# Following status codes were introduced in SPDY/3
+STREAM_IN_USE = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_STREAM_IN_USE
+STREAM_ALREADY_CLOSED = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_STREAM_ALREADY_CLOSED
+INVALID_CREDENTIALS = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_INVALID_CREDENTIALS
+FRAME_TOO_LARGE = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_FRAME_TOO_LARGE
+
+# The status codes for GOAWAY, introduced in SPDY/3.
+GOAWAY_OK = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_GOAWAY_OK
+GOAWAY_PROTOCOL_ERROR = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_GOAWAY_PROTOCOL_ERROR
+GOAWAY_INTERNAL_ERROR = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_GOAWAY_INTERNAL_ERROR
+
+# Frame types
+SYN_STREAM = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SYN_STREAM
+SYN_REPLY = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SYN_REPLY
+RST_STREAM = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_RST_STREAM
+SETTINGS = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SETTINGS
+NOOP = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_NOOP
+PING = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_PING
+GOAWAY = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_GOAWAY
+HEADERS = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_HEADERS
+WINDOW_UPDATE = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_WINDOW_UPDATE
+CREDENTIAL = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_CREDENTIAL
+
+# The flags for the SETTINGS control frame.
+FLAG_SETTINGS_NONE = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_FLAG_SETTINGS_NONE
+FLAG_SETTINGS_CLEAR_SETTINGS = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_FLAG_SETTINGS_CLEAR_SETTINGS
+
+# The flags for SETTINGS ID/value pair.
+ID_FLAG_SETTINGS_NONE = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ID_FLAG_SETTINGS_NONE
+ID_FLAG_SETTINGS_PERSIST_VALUE = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ID_FLAG_SETTINGS_PERSIST_VALUE
+ID_FLAG_SETTINGS_PERSISTED = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_ID_FLAG_SETTINGS_PERSISTED
+
+# The SETTINGS ID.
+SETTINGS_UPLOAD_BANDWIDTH = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_UPLOAD_BANDWIDTH
+SETTINGS_DOWNLOAD_BANDWIDTH = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_DOWNLOAD_BANDWIDTH
+SETTINGS_ROUND_TRIP_TIME = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_ROUND_TRIP_TIME
+SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS = \
+    cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS
+SETTINGS_CURRENT_CWND = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_CURRENT_CWND
+SETTINGS_DOWNLOAD_RETRANS_RATE = \
+    cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_DOWNLOAD_RETRANS_RATE
+SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE
+SETTINGS_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_VECTOR_SIZE = \
+    cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_CLIENT_CERTIFICATE_VECTOR_SIZE
+SETTINGS_MAX = cspdylay.SPDYLAY_SETTINGS_MAX
diff --git a/python/spdyserv.py b/python/spdyserv.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03fcf79e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/spdyserv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# The example SPDY server.  You need Python 3.3 or later because we
+# use TLS NPN. Put private key and certificate file in the current
+# working directory.
+
+import socket
+import threading
+import socketserver
+import ssl
+import io
+
+import spdylay
+
+# private key file
+KEY_FILE='server.key'
+# certificate file
+CERT_FILE='server.crt'
+
+def send_cb(session, data):
+    ssctrl = session.user_data
+    ssctrl.sock.sendall(data)
+    return len(data)
+
+def read_cb(session, stream_id, length, source):
+    data = source.read(length)
+    if data:
+        status = spdylay.ERR_OK
+    else:
+        status = spdylay.ERR_EOF
+    return data, status
+
+def on_ctrl_recv_cb(session, frame):
+    ssctrl = session.user_data
+    if frame.frame_type == spdylay.SYN_STREAM:
+        # This will crash cookies...
+        nv = dict(frame.nv)
+        if b'user-agent' in nv:
+            user_agent = nv[b'user-agent'].decode('utf-8')
+        else:
+            user_agent = ''
+        html = '''\
+<html>
+<head><title>SPDY FTW</title></head>
+<body>
+<h1>SPDY FTW</h1>
+<p>The age of HTTP/1.1 is over. The time of SPDY has come.</p>
+<p>Your browser {} supports SPDY.</p>
+</body>
+</html>
+'''.format(user_agent)
+        data_prd = spdylay.DataProvider(io.BytesIO(bytes(html, 'utf-8')),
+                                        read_cb)
+
+        stctrl = StreamCtrl(frame.stream_id, data_prd)
+        ssctrl.streams[frame.stream_id] = stctrl
+        nv = [(b':status', b'200 OK'),
+              (b':version', b'HTTP/1.1'),
+              (b'server', b'python+spdylay')]
+        session.submit_response(frame.stream_id, nv, data_prd)
+
+class StreamCtrl:
+    def __init__(self, stream_id, data_prd):
+        self.stream_id = stream_id
+        self.data_prd = data_prd
+
+class SessionCtrl:
+    def __init__(self, sock):
+        self.sock = sock
+        self.streams = {}
+
+class ThreadedSPDYRequestHandler(socketserver.BaseRequestHandler):
+
+    def handle(self):
+        ctx = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23)
+        ctx.load_cert_chain(CERT_FILE, KEY_FILE)
+        ctx.set_npn_protocols(['spdy/3', 'spdy/2'])
+        sock = ctx.wrap_socket(self.request, server_side=True)
+        if sock.selected_npn_protocol() == 'spdy/3':
+            version = spdylay.PROTO_SPDY3
+        elif sock.selected_npn_protocol() == 'spdy/2':
+            version = spdylay.PROTO_SPDY2
+        else:
+            return
+
+        ssctrl = SessionCtrl(sock)
+        session = spdylay.Session(spdylay.SERVER,
+                                  version,
+                                  send_cb=send_cb,
+                                  on_ctrl_recv_cb=on_ctrl_recv_cb,
+                                  user_data=ssctrl)
+
+        session.submit_settings(\
+            spdylay.FLAG_SETTINGS_NONE,
+            [(spdylay.SETTINGS_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS,
+              spdylay.ID_FLAG_SETTINGS_NONE,
+              100)])
+        while session.want_read() or session.want_write():
+            data = sock.recv(4096)
+            if data:
+                session.recv(data)
+                session.send()
+            else:
+                break
+
+class ThreadedSPDYServer(socketserver.ThreadingMixIn, socketserver.TCPServer):
+    def __init__(self, svaddr, handler):
+        self.allow_reuse_address = True
+        socketserver.TCPServer.__init__(self, svaddr, handler)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Port 0 means to select an arbitrary unused port
+    HOST, PORT = "localhost", 3000
+
+    server = ThreadedSPDYServer((HOST, PORT), ThreadedSPDYRequestHandler)
+    ip, port = server.server_address
+
+    # Start a thread with the server -- that thread will then start one
+    # more thread for each request
+    server_thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever)
+    # Exit the server thread when the main thread terminates
+    #server_thread.daemon = True
+    server_thread.start()