diff --git a/doc/api_samples/servers/server-create-req-v257.json b/doc/api_samples/servers/server-create-req-v257.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c6d8dec24244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/api_samples/servers/server-create-req-v257.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+    "server" : {
+        "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
+        "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
+        "name" : "new-server-test",
+        "imageRef" : "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
+        "flavorRef" : "http://openstack.example.com/flavors/1",
+        "availability_zone": "nova",
+        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
+        "metadata" : {
+            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
+        },
+        "security_groups": [
+            {
+                "name": "default"
+            }
+        ],
+        "user_data": "IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKL2Jpbi9zdQplY2hvICJJIGFtIGluIHlvdSEiCg==",
+        "networks": "auto"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/api_sample_tests/api_samples/servers/server-create-req-v257.json.tpl b/nova/tests/functional/api_sample_tests/api_samples/servers/server-create-req-v257.json.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..14898309f1ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/api_sample_tests/api_samples/servers/server-create-req-v257.json.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+    "server" : {
+        "accessIPv4": "%(access_ip_v4)s",
+        "accessIPv6": "%(access_ip_v6)s",
+        "name" : "%(name)s",
+        "imageRef" : "%(image_id)s",
+        "flavorRef" : "http://openstack.example.com/flavors/1",
+        "availability_zone": "nova",
+        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
+        "metadata" : {
+            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
+        },
+        "security_groups": [
+            {
+                "name": "default"
+            }
+        ],
+        "user_data" : "%(user_data)s",
+        "networks": "auto"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/api_sample_tests/test_servers.py b/nova/tests/functional/api_sample_tests/test_servers.py
index b34cfc9061e0..2d6882642ae4 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/api_sample_tests/test_servers.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/api_sample_tests/test_servers.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class ServersSampleBase(api_sample_base.ApiSampleTestBaseV21):
 
     common_req_names = [
         (None, '2.36', 'server-create-req'),
-        ('2.37', None, 'server-create-req-v237')
+        ('2.37', '2.56', 'server-create-req-v237'),
+        ('2.57', None, 'server-create-req-v257')
     ]
 
     def _get_request_name(self, use_common):