diff --git a/scripts/test-schema.py b/scripts/test-schema.py
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+import sys
+
+import simplejson
+import jsonschema
+
+schema_filename = sys.argv[1]
+message_filename = sys.argv[2]
+
+schema_file = open(schema_filename, 'r')
+schema_data = schema_file.read()
+schema = simplejson.loads(schema_data)
+
+message_file = open(message_filename, 'r')
+message_data = message_file.read()
+message = simplejson.loads(message_data)
+
+jsonschema.validate(message, schema, format_checker=jsonschema.FormatChecker())