diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/backups/fixtures.go b/rackspace/db/v1/backups/fixtures.go
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+package backups
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper/client"
+)
+
+func SetupHandler(t *testing.T, url, method, requestBody, responseBody string, status int) {
+	th.Mux.HandleFunc(url, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		th.TestMethod(t, r, method)
+		th.TestHeader(t, r, "X-Auth-Token", client.TokenID)
+
+		if requestBody != "" {
+			th.TestJSONRequest(t, r, requestBody)
+		}
+
+		if responseBody != "" {
+			w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		}
+
+		w.WriteHeader(status)
+
+		if responseBody != "" {
+			fmt.Fprintf(w, responseBody)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func HandleCreateSuccessfully(t *testing.T) {
+	requestJSON := `
+{
+  "backup": {
+    "description": "My Backup",
+    "instance": "d4603f69-ec7e-4e9b-803f-600b9205576f",
+    "name": "snapshot"
+  }
+}
+`
+
+	responseJSON := `
+{
+  "backup": {
+    "created": "2014-02-13T21:47:16",
+    "description": "My Backup",
+    "id": "61f12fef-edb1-4561-8122-e7c00ef26a82",
+    "instance_id": "d4603f69-ec7e-4e9b-803f-600b9205576f",
+    "locationRef": null,
+    "name": "snapshot",
+    "parent_id": null,
+    "size": 100,
+    "status": "NEW",
+    "updated": "2014-02-13T21:47:16"
+  }
+}
+`
+
+	SetupHandler(t, "/backups", "POST", requestJSON, responseJSON, 202)
+}
+
+func HandleListSuccessfully(t *testing.T) {
+	responseJSON := `
+{
+  "backups": [
+    {
+      "status": "COMPLETED",
+      "updated": "2014-06-18T21:24:39",
+      "description": "Backup from Restored Instance",
+
+      "id": "87972694-4be2-40f5-83f8-501656e0032a",
+      "size": 0.141026,
+      "name": "restored_backup",
+      "created": "2014-06-18T21:23:35",
+      "instance_id": "29af2cd9-0674-48ab-b87a-b160f00208e6",
+      "parent_id": null,
+      "locationRef": "http://localhost/path/to/backup"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+`
+
+	SetupHandler(t, "/backups", "GET", "", responseJSON, 200)
+}