diff --git a/marconiclient/common/http.py b/marconiclient/common/http.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+import json
+
+import requests
+
+
+class Client(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.session = requests.session(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Does  http GET."""
+        return self.session.get(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def head(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Does  http HEAD."""
+        return self.session.head(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def option(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Does  http OPTION."""
+        return self.session.option(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def post(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Does  http POST."""
+
+        if "data" in kwargs:
+            kwargs['data'] = json.dumps(kwargs["data"])
+
+        return self.session.post(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def put(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Does  http PUT."""
+
+        if "data" in kwargs:
+            kwargs['data'] = json.dumps(kwargs["data"])
+
+        return self.session.put(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Does  http DELETE."""
+        return self.session.delete(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def patch(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """Does  http PATCH."""
+        if "data" in kwargs:
+            kwargs['data'] = json.dumps(kwargs["data"])
+        return self.session.patch(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/unit/common/test_http.py b/tests/unit/common/test_http.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+import json
+
+import mock
+
+from marconiclient.common import http
+from marconiclient.tests import base
+
+
+class TestCommonHttp(base.TestBase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestCommonHttp, self).setUp()
+        self.client = http.Client()
+
+    def test_data_serialization(self):
+        data = {'some': 'data'}
+
+        for method in ['post', 'put', 'patch']:
+            with mock.patch.object(self.client.session, method,
+                                   autospec=True) as request_method:
+                request_method.return_value = True
+                getattr(self.client, method)("url", data=data)
+                request_method.assert_called_with('url', data=json.dumps(data))