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+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2011 OpenStack, LLC
+# 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.
+"""Validate a working Glance deployment"""
+
+import httplib2
+import json
+import os
+from pprint import pprint
+
+import tests
+
+
+class TestGlanceAPI(tests.FunctionalTest):
+    def test_001_connect_to_glance_api(self):
+        """
+        Verifies ability to connect to glance api,
+        expects glance to return an empty set
+        """
+        if 'apiver' in self.glance:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/%s/images" % (self.glance['host'],
+                          self.glance['port'], self.glance['apiver'])
+        else:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/images" % (self.glance['host'],
+                                        self.glance['port'])
+        http = httplib2.Http()
+        response, content = http.request(path, 'GET')
+        self.assertEqual(200, response.status)
+        data = json.loads(content)
+        self.assertTrue('images' in data)
+    test_001_connect_to_glance_api.tags = ['glance']
+
+    def test_002_upload_kernel_to_glance(self):
+        """
+        Uploads a test kernal to glance api
+        """
+        kernel = "sample_vm/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-server"
+        if 'apiver' in self.glance:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/%s/images" % (self.glance['host'],
+                          self.glance['port'], self.glance['apiver'])
+        else:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/images" % (self.glance['host'],
+                                        self.glance['port'])
+        headers = {'x-image-meta-is-public': 'true',
+                   'x-image-meta-name': 'test-kernel',
+                   'x-image-meta-disk-format': 'aki',
+                   'x-image-meta-container-format': 'aki',
+                   'Content-Length': '%d' % os.path.getsize(kernel),
+                   'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'}
+        image_file = open(kernel, "rb")
+        http = httplib2.Http()
+        response, content = http.request(path, 'POST',
+                                         headers=headers,
+                                         body=image_file)
+        image_file.close()
+        self.assertEqual(201, response.status)
+        data = json.loads(content)
+        self.glance['kernel_id'] = data['image']['id']
+        self.assertEqual(data['image']['name'], "test-kernel")
+        self.assertEqual(data['image']['checksum'], self._md5sum_file(kernel))
+    test_002_upload_kernel_to_glance.tags = ['glance', 'nova']
+
+    def test_003_upload_initrd_to_glance(self):
+        """
+        Uploads a test initrd to glance api
+        """
+        initrd = "sample_vm/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-server"
+        if 'apiver' in self.glance:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/%s/images" % (self.glance['host'],
+                          self.glance['port'], self.glance['apiver'])
+        else:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/images" % (self.glance['host'],
+                                        self.glance['port'])
+        headers = {'x-image-meta-is-public': 'true',
+                   'x-image-meta-name': 'test-ramdisk',
+                   'x-image-meta-disk-format': 'ari',
+                   'x-image-meta-container-format': 'ari',
+                   'Content-Length': '%d' % os.path.getsize(initrd),
+                   'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'}
+        image_file = open(initrd, "rb")
+        http = httplib2.Http()
+        response, content = http.request(path,
+                                         'POST',
+                                         headers=headers,
+                                         body=image_file)
+        image_file.close()
+        self.assertEqual(201, response.status)
+        data = json.loads(content)
+        self.glance['ramdisk_id'] = data['image']['id']
+        self.assertEqual(data['image']['name'], "test-ramdisk")
+        self.assertEqual(data['image']['checksum'], self._md5sum_file(initrd))
+    test_003_upload_initrd_to_glance.tags = ['glance', 'nova']
+
+    def test_004_upload_image_to_glance(self):
+        """
+        Uploads a test image to glance api, and
+        links it to the initrd and kernel uploaded
+        earlier
+        """
+        image = "sample_vm/ubuntu-lucid.img"
+        upload_data = ""
+        for chunk in self._read_in_chunks(image):
+            upload_data += chunk
+        if 'apiver' in self.glance:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/%s/images" % (self.glance['host'],
+                          self.glance['port'], self.glance['apiver'])
+        else:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/images" % (self.glance['host'],
+                                        self.glance['port'])
+        headers = {'x-image-meta-is-public': 'true',
+                   'x-image-meta-name': 'test-image',
+                   'x-image-meta-disk-format': 'ami',
+                   'x-image-meta-container-format': 'ami',
+                   'x-image-meta-property-Kernel_id': '%s' % \
+                       self.glance['kernel_id'],
+                   'x-image-meta-property-Ramdisk_id': '%s' % \
+                       self.glance['ramdisk_id'],
+                   'Content-Length': '%d' % os.path.getsize(image),
+                   'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'}
+        http = httplib2.Http()
+        response, content = http.request(path, 'POST',
+                                         headers=headers,
+                                         body=upload_data)
+        self.assertEqual(201, response.status)
+        data = json.loads(content)
+        self.glance['image_id'] = data['image']['id']
+        self.assertEqual(data['image']['name'], "test-image")
+        self.assertEqual(data['image']['checksum'], self._md5sum_file(image))
+    test_004_upload_image_to_glance.tags = ['glance', 'nova']
+
+    def test_005_set_image_meta_property(self):
+        if 'apiver' in self.glance:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/%s/images/%s" % (self.glance['host'],
+                           self.glance['port'], self.glance['apiver'],
+                           self.glance['image_id'])
+        else:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/images/%s" % (self.glance['host'],
+                           self.glance['port'], self.glance['image_id'])
+        headers = {'X-Image-Meta-Property-Distro': 'Ubuntu',
+                   'X-Image-Meta-Property-Arch': 'x86_64',
+                   'X-Image-Meta-Property-Kernel_id': '%s' % \
+                       self.glance['kernel_id'],
+                   'X-Image-Meta-Property-Ramdisk_id': '%s' % \
+                       self.glance['ramdisk_id']}
+        http = httplib2.Http()
+        response, content = http.request(path, 'PUT', headers=headers)
+        self.assertEqual(response.status, 200)
+        data = json.loads(content)
+        self.assertEqual(data['image']['properties']['arch'], "x86_64")
+        self.assertEqual(data['image']['properties']['distro'], "Ubuntu")
+        self.assertEqual(data['image']['properties']['kernel_id'],
+                         str(self.glance['kernel_id']))
+        self.assertEqual(data['image']['properties']['ramdisk_id'],
+                         str(self.glance['ramdisk_id']))
+    test_005_set_image_meta_property.tags = ['glance']
+
+    def test_006_list_image_metadata(self):
+        image = "sample_vm/ubuntu-lucid.img"
+        if 'apiver' in self.glance:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/%s/images/%s" % (self.glance['host'],
+                           self.glance['port'], self.glance['apiver'],
+                           self.glance['image_id'])
+        else:
+            path = "http://%s:%s/images/%s" % (self.glance['host'],
+                           self.glance['port'], self.glance['image_id'])
+        http = httplib2.Http()
+        response, content = http.request(path, 'HEAD')
+        self.assertEqual(response.status, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response['x-image-meta-name'], "test-image")
+        self.assertEqual(response['x-image-meta-checksum'],
+                         self._md5sum_file(image))
+        self.assertEqual(response['x-image-meta-container_format'], "ami")
+        self.assertEqual(response['x-image-meta-disk_format'], "ami")
+        self.assertEqual(response['x-image-meta-property-arch'], "x86_64")
+        self.assertEqual(response['x-image-meta-property-distro'], "Ubuntu")
+        self.assertEqual(response['x-image-meta-property-kernel_id'],
+                         str(self.glance['kernel_id']))
+        self.assertEqual(response['x-image-meta-property-ramdisk_id'],
+                         str(self.glance['ramdisk_id']))
+    test_006_list_image_metadata.tags = ['glance']