diff --git a/openstackclient/common/utils.py b/openstackclient/common/utils.py
index f72bb50..91a2089 100644
--- a/openstackclient/common/utils.py
+++ b/openstackclient/common/utils.py
@@ -115,6 +115,30 @@ def get_item_properties(item, fields, mixed_case_fields=[], formatters={}):
     return tuple(row)
 
 
+def get_dict_properties(item, fields, mixed_case_fields=[], formatters={}):
+    """Return a tuple containing the item properties.
+
+    :param item: a single dict resource
+    :param fields: tuple of strings with the desired field names
+    :param mixed_case_fields: tuple of field names to preserve case
+    :param formatters: dictionary mapping field names to callables
+       to format the values
+    """
+    row = []
+
+    for field in fields:
+        if field in mixed_case_fields:
+            field_name = field.replace(' ', '_')
+        else:
+            field_name = field.lower().replace(' ', '_')
+        data = item[field_name] if field_name in item else ''
+        if field in formatters:
+            row.append(formatters[field](data))
+        else:
+            row.append(data)
+    return tuple(row)
+
+
 def string_to_bool(arg):
     return arg.strip().lower() in ('t', 'true', 'yes', '1')
 
diff --git a/openstackclient/shell.py b/openstackclient/shell.py
index b66611b..91b02a2 100644
--- a/openstackclient/shell.py
+++ b/openstackclient/shell.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ from openstackclient.common import clientmanager
 from openstackclient.common import commandmanager
 from openstackclient.common import exceptions as exc
 from openstackclient.common import openstackkeyring
+from openstackclient.common import restapi
 from openstackclient.common import utils
 
 
@@ -368,6 +369,9 @@ class OpenStackShell(app.App):
         if self.options.deferred_help:
             self.DeferredHelpAction(self.parser, self.parser, None, None)
 
+        # Set up common client session
+        self.restapi = restapi.RESTApi()
+
         # If the user is not asking for help, make sure they
         # have given us auth.
         cmd_name = None
@@ -376,6 +380,7 @@ class OpenStackShell(app.App):
             cmd_factory, cmd_name, sub_argv = cmd_info
         if self.interactive_mode or cmd_name != 'help':
             self.authenticate_user()
+            self.restapi.set_auth(self.client_manager.identity.auth_token)
 
     def prepare_to_run_command(self, cmd):
         """Set up auth and API versions"""
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/common/__init__.py b/openstackclient/tests/common/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c534c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/common/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#   Copyright 2013 OpenStack Foundation
+#
+#   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.
+#
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 61bdc9d..e2c61af 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ commands = python setup.py testr --coverage --testr-args='{posargs}'
 downloadcache = ~/cache/pip
 
 [flake8]
-ignore = E126,E202,W602,H402
+ignore = E126,E202,W602,H302,H402
 show-source = True
 exclude =  .venv,.git,.tox,dist,doc,*openstack/common*,*lib/python*,*egg,build,tools