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+# Copyright 2015 NEC 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.
+
+import copy
+
+from oslotest import mockpatch
+from tempest_lib import exceptions as lib_exc
+
+from tempest.services.compute.json import images_client
+from tempest.tests import fake_auth_provider
+from tempest.tests.services.compute import base
+
+
+class TestImagesClient(base.BaseComputeServiceTest):
+    # Data Dictionaries used for testing #
+    FAKE_IMAGE_METADATA = {
+        "list":
+            {"metadata": {
+             "auto_disk_config": "True",
+             "Label": "Changed"
+             }},
+        "set_item":
+            {"meta": {
+             "auto_disk_config": "True"
+             }},
+        "show_item":
+            {"meta": {
+             "kernel_id": "nokernel",
+             }},
+        "update":
+            {"metadata": {
+             "kernel_id": "False",
+             "Label": "UpdatedImage"
+             }},
+        "set":
+            {"metadata": {
+             "Label": "Changed",
+             "auto_disk_config": "True"
+             }},
+        "delete_item": {}
+        }
+
+    FAKE_IMAGE_DATA = {
+        "list":
+            {"images": [
+             {"id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
+              "links": [
+                    {"href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/openstack" +
+                             "/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
+                     "rel": "self"
+                     }
+              ],
+              "name": "fakeimage7"
+              }]},
+        "show": {"image": {
+            "created": "2011-01-01T01:02:03Z",
+            "id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
+            "links": [
+                {
+                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/openstack" +
+                            "/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
+                    "rel": "self"
+                },
+            ],
+            "metadata": {
+                "architecture": "x86_64",
+                "auto_disk_config": "True",
+                "kernel_id": "nokernel",
+                "ramdisk_id": "nokernel"
+            },
+            "minDisk": 0,
+            "minRam": 0,
+            "name": "fakeimage7",
+            "progress": 100,
+            "status": "ACTIVE",
+            "updated": "2011-01-01T01:02:03Z"}},
+        "delete": {}
+        }
+    func2mock = {
+        'get': 'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.get',
+        'post': 'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.post',
+        'put': 'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.put',
+        'delete': 'tempest.common.service_client.ServiceClient.delete'}
+    # Variable definition
+    FAKE_IMAGE_ID = FAKE_IMAGE_DATA['show']['image']['id']
+    FAKE_CREATE_INFO = {'location': 'None'}
+    FAKE_METADATA = FAKE_IMAGE_METADATA['show_item']['meta']
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestImagesClient, self).setUp()
+        fake_auth = fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider()
+        self.client = images_client.ImagesClient(fake_auth,
+                                                 "compute", "regionOne")
+
+    def _test_image_operation(self, operation="delete", bytes_body=False):
+        response_code = 200
+        mock_operation = self.func2mock['get']
+        expected_op = self.FAKE_IMAGE_DATA[operation]
+        params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID}
+        if operation == 'list':
+            function = self.client.list_images
+        elif operation == 'show':
+            function = self.client.show_image
+        else:
+            function = self.client.delete_image
+            mock_operation = self.func2mock['delete']
+            response_code = 204
+
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            function, mock_operation, expected_op,
+            bytes_body, response_code, **params)
+
+    def _test_image_metadata(self, operation="set_item", bytes_body=False):
+        response_code = 200
+        expected_op = self.FAKE_IMAGE_METADATA[operation]
+        if operation == 'list':
+            function = self.client.list_image_metadata
+            mock_operation = self.func2mock['get']
+            params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID}
+
+        elif operation == 'set':
+            function = self.client.set_image_metadata
+            mock_operation = self.func2mock['put']
+            params = {"image_id": "_dummy_data",
+                      "meta": self.FAKE_METADATA}
+
+        elif operation == 'update':
+            function = self.client.update_image_metadata
+            mock_operation = self.func2mock['post']
+            params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID,
+                      "meta": self.FAKE_METADATA}
+
+        elif operation == 'show_item':
+            mock_operation = self.func2mock['get']
+            function = self.client.show_image_metadata_item
+            params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID,
+                      "key": "123"}
+
+        elif operation == 'delete_item':
+            function = self.client.delete_image_metadata_item
+            mock_operation = self.func2mock['delete']
+            response_code = 204
+            params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID,
+                      "key": "123"}
+
+        else:
+            function = self.client.set_image_metadata_item
+            mock_operation = self.func2mock['put']
+            params = {"image_id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID,
+                      "key": "123",
+                      "meta": self.FAKE_METADATA}
+
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            function, mock_operation, expected_op,
+            bytes_body, response_code, **params)
+
+    def _test_resource_deleted(self, bytes_body=False):
+        params = {"id": self.FAKE_IMAGE_ID}
+        expected_op = self.FAKE_IMAGE_DATA['show']['image']
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.Patch('tempest.services.compute.json'
+                        '.images_client.ImagesClient.show_image',
+                                        side_effect=lib_exc.NotFound))
+        self.assertEqual(True, self.client.is_resource_deleted(**params))
+        tempdata = copy.deepcopy(self.FAKE_IMAGE_DATA['show'])
+        tempdata['image']['id'] = None
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.Patch('tempest.services.compute.json'
+                        '.images_client.ImagesClient.show_image',
+                                        return_value=expected_op))
+        self.assertEqual(False, self.client.is_resource_deleted(**params))
+
+    def test_list_images_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_image_operation('list')
+
+    def test_list_images_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_image_operation('list', True)
+
+    def test_show_image_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_image_operation('show')
+
+    def test_show_image_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_image_operation('show', True)
+
+    def test_delete_image_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_image_operation('delete')
+
+    def test_delete_image_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_image_operation('delete', True)
+
+    def test_list_image_metadata_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata('list')
+
+    def test_list_image_metadata_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata('list', True)
+
+    def test_set_image_metadata_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata('set')
+
+    def test_set_image_metadata_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata('set', True)
+
+    def test_update_image_metadata_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata('update')
+
+    def test_update_image_metadata_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata('update', True)
+
+    def test_set_image_metadata_item_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata()
+
+    def test_set_image_metadata_item_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata(bytes_body=True)
+
+    def test_show_image_metadata_item_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata('show_item')
+
+    def test_show_image_metadata_item_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata('show_item', True)
+
+    def test_delete_image_metadata_item_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata('delete_item')
+
+    def test_delete_image_metadata_item_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_image_metadata('delete_item', True)
+
+    def test_resource_delete_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_resource_deleted()
+
+    def test_resource_delete_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_resource_deleted(True)