diff --git a/pagination/http.go b/pagination/http.go
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+package pagination
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+
+	"github.com/racker/perigee"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+)
+
+// LastHTTPResponse stores generic information derived from an HTTP response.
+type LastHTTPResponse struct {
+	url.URL
+	http.Header
+	Body interface{}
+}
+
+// RememberHTTPResponse parses an HTTP response as JSON and returns a LastHTTPResponse containing the results.
+// The main reason to do this instead of holding the response directly is that a response body can only be read once.
+// Also, this centralizes the JSON decoding.
+func RememberHTTPResponse(resp http.Response) (LastHTTPResponse, error) {
+	var parsedBody interface{}
+
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	rawBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return LastHTTPResponse{}, err
+	}
+
+	if resp.Header.Get("Content-Type") == "application/json" {
+		err = json.Unmarshal(rawBody, &parsedBody)
+		if err != nil {
+			return LastHTTPResponse{}, err
+		}
+	} else {
+		parsedBody = rawBody
+	}
+
+	return LastHTTPResponse{
+		URL:    *resp.Request.URL,
+		Header: resp.Header,
+		Body:   parsedBody,
+	}, err
+}
+
+// Request performs a Perigee request and extracts the http.Response from the result.
+func Request(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, url string) (http.Response, error) {
+	resp, err := perigee.Request("GET", url, perigee.Options{
+		MoreHeaders: client.Provider.AuthenticatedHeaders(),
+		OkCodes:     []int{200, 204},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return http.Response{}, err
+	}
+	return resp.HttpResponse, nil
+}