diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8cf83dc08..1199f9f70 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ Changed
 -------
 - ``self._deactivate()`` method from the ``FormAction`` class has been
   renamed to ``self.deactivate()``
+- changed endpoint function so that it is now accessible with Python as well
 
 [0.12.1] - 2018-11-11
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/rasa_core_sdk/__init__.py b/rasa_core_sdk/__init__.py
index 4fa1a1da3..bcde5fb63 100644
--- a/rasa_core_sdk/__init__.py
+++ b/rasa_core_sdk/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from typing import Dict, Text, Any, Optional, Iterator, List
 
 import rasa_core_sdk.version
+import rasa_core_sdk.cli
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/rasa_core_sdk/cli/__init__.py b/rasa_core_sdk/cli/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/rasa_core_sdk/cli/arguments.py b/rasa_core_sdk/cli/arguments.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56b75efbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rasa_core_sdk/cli/arguments.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import argparse
+
+from rasa_core_sdk.constants import DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT
+
+
+def action_arg(action):
+    if "/" in action:
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(
+            'Invalid actions format. Actions file should be a python module '
+            'and passed with module notation (e.g. directory.actions).')
+    else:
+        return action
+
+
+def add_endpoint_arguments(parser):
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-p', '--port',
+        default=DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT,
+        type=int,
+        help="port to run the server at")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--cors',
+        nargs='*',
+        type=str,
+        help="enable CORS for the passed origin. "
+             "Use * to whitelist all origins")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--actions',
+        type=action_arg,
+        default=None,
+        help="name of action package to be loaded"
+    )
diff --git a/rasa_core_sdk/constants.py b/rasa_core_sdk/constants.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..706aa6b7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rasa_core_sdk/constants.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT = 5055
diff --git a/rasa_core_sdk/endpoint.py b/rasa_core_sdk/endpoint.py
index 22e9b5d21..efd008773 100644
--- a/rasa_core_sdk/endpoint.py
+++ b/rasa_core_sdk/endpoint.py
@@ -11,48 +11,24 @@
 from flask import Flask, jsonify, request
 from flask_cors import CORS, cross_origin
 from gevent.pywsgi import WSGIServer
+
+from rasa_core_sdk.cli.arguments import add_endpoint_arguments
+from rasa_core_sdk.constants import DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT
 from rasa_core_sdk.executor import ActionExecutor
 from rasa_core_sdk import ActionExecutionRejection
 import rasa_core_sdk
 
 from rasa_core_sdk import utils
 
-DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT = 5055
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def action_arg(action):
-    if "/" in action:
-        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError(
-            'Invalid actions format. Actions file should be a python module '
-            'and passed with module notation (e.g. directory.actions).')
-    else:
-        return action
-
-
 def create_argument_parser():
     """Parse all the command line arguments for the run script."""
 
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         description='starts the action endpoint')
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '-p', '--port',
-        default=DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT,
-        type=int,
-        help="port to run the server at")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '--cors',
-        nargs='*',
-        type=str,
-        help="enable CORS for the passed origin. "
-             "Use * to whitelist all origins")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        '--actions',
-        type=action_arg,
-        default=None,
-        help="name of action package to be loaded"
-    )
+    add_endpoint_arguments(parser)
     utils.add_logging_option_arguments(parser)
     return parser
 
@@ -135,24 +111,32 @@ def check_version_compatibility(core_version):
                        "".format(core_version, rasa_core_sdk.__version__))
 
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    # Running as standalone python application
-    arg_parser = create_argument_parser()
-    cmdline_args = arg_parser.parse_args()
-
-    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
-    logging.getLogger('matplotlib').setLevel(logging.WARN)
-
-    utils.configure_colored_logging(cmdline_args.loglevel)
-
+def run(actions, port=DEFAULT_SERVER_PORT, cors='*'):
     logger.info("Starting action endpoint server...")
-    edp_app = endpoint_app(cors_origins=cmdline_args.cors,
-                           action_package_name=cmdline_args.actions)
+    edp_app = endpoint_app(cors_origins=cors,
+                           action_package_name=actions)
 
-    http_server = WSGIServer(('0.0.0.0', cmdline_args.port), edp_app)
+    http_server = WSGIServer(('0.0.0.0', port), edp_app)
 
     http_server.start()
     logger.info("Action endpoint is up and running. on {}"
                 "".format(http_server.address))
 
     http_server.serve_forever()
+
+
+def main(args):
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    logging.getLogger('matplotlib').setLevel(logging.WARN)
+
+    utils.configure_colored_logging(args.loglevel)
+
+    run(args.actions, args.port, args.cors)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Running as standalone python application
+    arg_parser = create_argument_parser()
+    cmdline_args = arg_parser.parse_args()
+
+    main(cmdline_args)
diff --git a/tests/test_endpoint.py b/tests/test_endpoint.py
index 36c372346..e55af21da 100644
--- a/tests/test_endpoint.py
+++ b/tests/test_endpoint.py
@@ -7,16 +7,12 @@
 import rasa_core_sdk.endpoint as ep
 
 
-def test_endpoint():
-    pass
-
-
 def test_arg_parser_actions_params_folder_style():
     parser = ep.create_argument_parser()
     args = ['--actions', 'actions/act']
 
     with pytest.raises(BaseException) as e:
-        cmdline_args = parser.parse_args(args)
+        parser.parse_args(args)
     if e is not None:
         assert True
     else: