diff --git a/pulsar-functions/api-python/context.py b/pulsar-functions/api-python/context.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+#
+"""context.py: Context defines context information available during
+# processing of a request.
+"""
+from abc import abstractmethod
+
+class Context(object):
+  """Interface defining information available at process time"""
+  @abstractmethod
+  def get_message_id(self):
+    """Return the messageid of the current message that we are processing"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def get_topic_name(self):
+    """Returns the topic name of the message that we are processing"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def get_function_name(self):
+    """Returns the function name that we are a part of"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def get_function_id(self):
+    """Returns the function id that we are a part of"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def get_instance_id(self):
+    """Returns the instance id that is executing the function"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def get_function_version(self):
+    """Returns the version of function that we are executing"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def get_memory_limit(self):
+    """Returns the memory limit in bytes of function that we are executing"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def get_time_budget_ms(self):
+    """Returns the time limit in milliseconds of function that we are executing"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def get_remaining_time_ms(self):
+    """Returns the remaining time in milliseconds of function that we are executing"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def get_logger(self):
+    """Returns the logger object that can be used to do logging"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def get_user_config_value(self, key):
+    """Returns the value of the user defined config. If the key doesnt exist return null instead"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def record_metric(self, metric_name, metric_value):
+    """Records the metric_value. metric_value has to satisfy isinstance(metric_value, numbers.Number)"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def publish(self, topic_name, message, serde_class_name):
+    """Publishes message to topic_name by first serializing the message using serde_class_name serde"""
+    pass
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diff --git a/pulsar-functions/api-python/pulsar_function.py b/pulsar-functions/api-python/pulsar_function.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+#
+"""pulsar_function.py: This is the core interface of the function api.
+# The process method is called for every message of the input topic of the
+# function. The incoming input bytes are deserialized using the serde.
+# The process function can optionally emit an output
+"""
+from abc import abstractmethod
+
+class PulsarFunction(object):
+  """Interface for Heron Metric"""
+  @abstractmethod
+  def process(self, input, context):
+    """Process input message"""
+    pass
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diff --git a/pulsar-functions/api-python/serde.py b/pulsar-functions/api-python/serde.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+#
+"""serde.py: SerDe defines the interface for serialization/deserialization.
+# Everytime a message is read from pulsar topic, the serde is invoked to
+# serialize the bytes into an object before invoking the process method.
+# Anytime a python object needs to be written back to pulsar, it is
+# serialized into bytes before writing.
+"""
+from abc import abstractmethod
+
+import pickle
+
+class SerDe(object):
+  """Interface for Serialization/Deserialization"""
+  @abstractmethod
+  def serialize(self, input):
+    """Serialize input message into bytes"""
+    pass
+
+  @abstractmethod
+  def deserialize(self, input_bytes):
+    """Serialize input_bytes into an object"""
+    pass
+
+class PickleSerDe(SerDe):
+  """Pickle based serializer"""
+  def serialize(self, input):
+      return pickle.dumps(input)
+
+  def deserialize(self, input_bytes):
+      return pickle.loads(input_bytes)
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