diff --git a/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-post-resp.json b/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-post-resp.json
index 418d11f5042f..f6c760cc67e3 100644
--- a/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-post-resp.json
+++ b/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-post-resp.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "agent": {
-        "agent_id": "1",
+        "agent_id": 1,
         "architecture": "x86",
         "hypervisor": "hypervisor",
         "md5hash": "add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f545",
diff --git a/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-update-put-resp.json b/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-update-put-resp.json
index 6b67222c8c23..866994e4c94a 100644
--- a/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-update-put-resp.json
+++ b/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-update-put-resp.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "agent": {
-        "agent_id": "1",
+        "agent_id": 1,
         "md5hash": "add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f545",
         "url": "xxx://xxxx/xxx/xxx",
         "version": "7.0"
diff --git a/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agents-get-resp.json b/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agents-get-resp.json
index 36eac4ced7ba..73ba45c24034 100644
--- a/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agents-get-resp.json
+++ b/doc/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agents-get-resp.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "agents": [
         {
-            "agent_id": "1",
+            "agent_id": 1,
             "architecture": "x86",
             "hypervisor": "hypervisor",
             "md5hash": "add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f545",
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/agents.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/agents.py
index 7aca52b9dbcf..31b8b591da2b 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/agents.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/agents.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class AgentController(object):
         except exception.AgentBuildNotFound as ex:
             raise webob.exc.HTTPNotFound(explanation=ex.format_message())
 
-        return {"agent": {'agent_id': id, 'version': version,
+        return {"agent": {'agent_id': int(id), 'version': version,
                 'url': url, 'md5hash': md5hash}}
 
     @extensions.expected_errors(404)
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-post-resp.json.tpl b/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-post-resp.json.tpl
index 418d11f5042f..f6c760cc67e3 100644
--- a/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-post-resp.json.tpl
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-post-resp.json.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "agent": {
-        "agent_id": "1",
+        "agent_id": 1,
         "architecture": "x86",
         "hypervisor": "hypervisor",
         "md5hash": "add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f545",
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-update-put-resp.json.tpl b/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-update-put-resp.json.tpl
index 6b67222c8c23..866994e4c94a 100644
--- a/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-update-put-resp.json.tpl
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agent-update-put-resp.json.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "agent": {
-        "agent_id": "1",
+        "agent_id": 1,
         "md5hash": "add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f545",
         "url": "xxx://xxxx/xxx/xxx",
         "version": "7.0"
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agents-get-resp.json.tpl b/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agents-get-resp.json.tpl
index 36eac4ced7ba..73ba45c24034 100644
--- a/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agents-get-resp.json.tpl
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/v3/api_samples/os-agents/agents-get-resp.json.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "agents": [
         {
-            "agent_id": "1",
+            "agent_id": 1,
             "architecture": "x86",
             "hypervisor": "hypervisor",
             "md5hash": "add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f545",
diff --git a/nova/tests/integrated/v3/test_agents.py b/nova/tests/integrated/v3/test_agents.py
index 0248e0743206..99a53bcf51b8 100644
--- a/nova/tests/integrated/v3/test_agents.py
+++ b/nova/tests/integrated/v3/test_agents.py
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ class AgentsJsonTest(api_sample_base.ApiSampleTestBaseV3):
                              'os': 'os',
                              'version': '8.0',
                              'md5hash': 'add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f545',
-                             'id': '1'}]
+                             'id': 1}]
 
         def fake_agent_build_create(context, values):
-            values['id'] = '1'
+            values['id'] = 1
             agent_build_ref = models.AgentBuild()
             agent_build_ref.update(values)
             return agent_build_ref
@@ -74,22 +74,12 @@ class AgentsJsonTest(api_sample_base.ApiSampleTestBaseV3):
                 }
         response = self._do_post('os-agents', 'agent-post-req',
                                  project)
-        project['agent_id'] = 1
         self._verify_response('agent-post-resp', project, response, 201)
-        return project
 
     def test_agent_list(self):
         # Return a list of all agent builds.
         response = self._do_get('os-agents')
-        project = {'url': 'xxxxxxxxxxxx',
-                'hypervisor': 'hypervisor',
-                'architecture': 'x86',
-                'os': 'os',
-                'version': '8.0',
-                'md5hash': 'add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f545',
-                'agent_id': 1
-                }
-        self._verify_response('agents-get-resp', project, response, 200)
+        self._verify_response('agents-get-resp', {}, response, 200)
 
     def test_agent_update(self):
         # Update an existing agent build.
@@ -99,7 +89,6 @@ class AgentsJsonTest(api_sample_base.ApiSampleTestBaseV3):
                 'md5hash': 'add6bb58e139be103324d04d82d8f545'}
         response = self._do_put('os-agents/%s' % agent_id,
                                 'agent-update-put-req', subs)
-        subs['agent_id'] = 1
         self._verify_response('agent-update-put-resp', subs, response, 200)
 
     def test_agent_delete(self):