diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 00f981f8..db9daae2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ pip-log.txt
 .coverage
 .tox
 nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+flake8.log
 
 # pyenv
 .python-version
diff --git a/barbicanclient/base.py b/barbicanclient/base.py
index 0736e5f9..5e63f882 100644
--- a/barbicanclient/base.py
+++ b/barbicanclient/base.py
@@ -26,3 +26,13 @@ class BaseEntityManager(object):
         for k in dictionary.keys():
             if dictionary[k] is None:
                 dictionary.pop(k)
+
+    def total(self):
+        """
+        Returns the total number of entities stored in Barbican.
+        """
+        href = '{0}/{1}'.format(self.api.base_url, self.entity)
+        params = {'limit': 0, 'offset': 0}
+        resp = self.api.get(href, params)
+
+        return resp['total']
diff --git a/barbicanclient/test/test_client.py b/barbicanclient/test/test_client.py
index 2b42b027..89052643 100644
--- a/barbicanclient/test/test_client.py
+++ b/barbicanclient/test/test_client.py
@@ -46,28 +46,6 @@ class FakeResp(object):
         return self.content
 
 
-class SecretData(object):
-    def __init__(self):
-        self.name = 'Self destruction sequence'
-        self.payload = 'the magic words are squeamish ossifrage'
-        self.payload_content_type = 'text/plain'
-        self.content = 'text/plain'
-        self.algorithm = 'AES'
-        self.created = str(timeutils.utcnow())
-
-        self.secret_dict = {'name': self.name,
-                            'status': 'ACTIVE',
-                            'algorithm': self.algorithm,
-                            'created': self.created}
-
-    def get_dict(self, secret_ref, content_types_dict=None):
-        secret_dict = self.secret_dict
-        secret_dict['secret_ref'] = secret_ref
-        if content_types_dict:
-            secret_dict['content_types'] = content_types_dict
-        return secret_dict
-
-
 class WhenTestingClientInit(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.auth_endpoint = 'https://localhost:5000/v2.0/'