diff --git a/openstack/objectstorage/v1/common.go b/openstack/objectstorage/v1/common.go
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+package v1
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// CommonResult is a structure that contains the response and error of a call to an
+// object storage endpoint.
+type CommonResult struct {
+	Resp *http.Response
+	Err  error
+}
+
+// ExtractHeaders will extract and return the headers from a *http.Response.
+func (cr CommonResult) ExtractHeaders() (http.Header, error) {
+	if cr.Err != nil {
+		return nil, cr.Err
+	}
+
+	var headers http.Header
+	if cr.Err != nil {
+		return headers, cr.Err
+	}
+	return cr.Resp.Header, nil
+}