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+# Copyright 2017 AT&T Corporation.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from tempest.lib.services.volume.v2 import capabilities_client
+from tempest.tests.lib import fake_auth_provider
+from tempest.tests.lib.services import base
+
+
+class TestCapabilitiesClient(base.BaseServiceTest):
+
+    FAKE_BACKEND_CAPABILITIES = {
+        "namespace": "OS::Storage::Capabilities::fake",
+        "vendor_name": "OpenStack",
+        "volume_backend_name": "lvmdriver-1",
+        "pool_name": "pool",
+        "driver_version": "2.0.0",
+        "storage_protocol": "iSCSI",
+        "display_name": "Capabilities of Cinder LVM driver",
+        "description": (
+            "These are volume type options provided by Cinder LVM driver."),
+        "visibility": "public",
+        "replication_targets": [],
+        "properties": {
+            "compression": {
+                "title": "Compression",
+                "description": "Enables compression.",
+                "type": "boolean"
+            },
+            "qos": {
+                "title": "QoS",
+                "description": "Enables QoS.",
+                "type": "boolean"
+            },
+            "replication": {
+                "title": "Replication",
+                "description": "Enables replication.",
+                "type": "boolean"
+            },
+            "thin_provisioning": {
+                "title": "Thin Provisioning",
+                "description": "Sets thin provisioning.",
+                "type": "boolean"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestCapabilitiesClient, self).setUp()
+        fake_auth = fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider()
+        self.client = capabilities_client.CapabilitiesClient(
+            fake_auth, 'volume', 'regionOne')
+
+    def _test_show_backend_capabilities(self, bytes_body=False):
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.show_backend_capabilities,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.get',
+            self.FAKE_BACKEND_CAPABILITIES,
+            bytes_body,
+            host='lvmdriver-1')
+
+    def test_show_backend_capabilities_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_show_backend_capabilities()
+
+    def test_show_backend_capabilities_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_show_backend_capabilities(bytes_body=True)