diff --git a/tempest/tests/fake_config.py b/tempest/tests/fake_config.py
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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    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.
+
+
+class FakeConfig(object):
+
+    class fake_compute(object):
+        build_interval = 10
+        build_timeout = 10
+
+    class fake_identity(object):
+        disable_ssl_certificate_validation = True
+
+    compute = fake_compute()
+    identity = fake_identity()
diff --git a/tempest/tests/fake_http.py b/tempest/tests/fake_http.py
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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    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.
+
+import httplib2
+
+
+class fake_httplib2(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, return_type=None):
+        self.return_type = return_type
+
+    def request(self, uri, method="GET", body=None, headers=None,
+                redirections=5, connection_type=None):
+        if not self.return_type:
+            fake_headers = httplib2.Response(headers)
+            return_obj = {
+                'uri': uri,
+                'method': method,
+                'body': body,
+                'headers': headers
+            }
+            return (fake_headers, return_obj)
+           # return (headers, return_obj)
+        elif isinstance(self.return_type, int):
+            body = "fake_body"
+            header_info = {
+                'content-type': 'text/plain',
+                'status': str(self.return_type),
+                'content-length': len(body)
+            }
+            resp_header = httplib2.Response(header_info)
+            return (resp_header, body)
+        else:
+            msg = "unsupported return type %s" % self.return_type
+            raise TypeError(msg)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_rest_client.py b/tempest/tests/test_rest_client.py
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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2013 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    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.
+
+import httplib2
+
+from tempest.common import rest_client
+from tempest import exceptions
+from tempest.openstack.common.fixture import mockpatch
+from tempest.tests import base
+from tempest.tests import fake_config
+from tempest.tests import fake_http
+
+
+class BaseRestClientTestClass(base.TestCase):
+
+    def _set_token(self):
+        self.rest_client.token = 'fake token'
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(BaseRestClientTestClass, self).setUp()
+        self.rest_client = rest_client.RestClient(fake_config.FakeConfig(),
+                                                  'fake_user', 'fake_pass',
+                                                  'http://fake_url/v2.0')
+        self.stubs.Set(httplib2.Http, 'request', self.fake_http.request)
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.rest_client, '_set_auth',
+                                              side_effect=self._set_token()))
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.rest_client,
+                                              '_log_response'))
+
+
+class TestRestClientHTTPMethods(BaseRestClientTestClass):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.fake_http = fake_http.fake_httplib2()
+        super(TestRestClientHTTPMethods, self).setUp()
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.rest_client,
+                                              '_error_checker'))
+
+    def test_post(self):
+        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.post('fake_endpoint', {},
+                                                {})
+        self.assertEqual('POST', return_dict['method'])
+
+    def test_get(self):
+        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.get('fake_endpoint')
+        self.assertEqual('GET', return_dict['method'])
+
+    def test_delete(self):
+        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.delete('fake_endpoint')
+        self.assertEqual('DELETE', return_dict['method'])
+
+    def test_patch(self):
+        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.patch('fake_endpoint', {},
+                                                 {})
+        self.assertEqual('PATCH', return_dict['method'])
+
+    def test_put(self):
+        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.put('fake_endpoint', {},
+                                               {})
+        self.assertEqual('PUT', return_dict['method'])
+
+    def test_head(self):
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.rest_client,
+                                              'response_checker'))
+        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.head('fake_endpoint')
+        self.assertEqual('HEAD', return_dict['method'])
+
+    def test_copy(self):
+        __, return_dict = self.rest_client.copy('fake_endpoint')
+        self.assertEqual('COPY', return_dict['method'])
+
+
+class TestRestClientNotFoundHandling(BaseRestClientTestClass):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.fake_http = fake_http.fake_httplib2(404)
+        super(TestRestClientNotFoundHandling, self).setUp()
+
+    def test_post(self):
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound, self.rest_client.post,
+                          'fake_endpoint', {}, {})