diff --git a/cloudpulseclient/exceptions.py b/cloudpulseclient/exceptions.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+#    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.
+
+from cloudpulseclient.openstack.common.apiclient import exceptions
+from cloudpulseclient.openstack.common.apiclient.exceptions import *  # noqa
+
+
+# NOTE(akurilin): This alias is left here since v.0.1.3 to support backwards
+# compatibility.
+InvalidEndpoint = EndpointException
+CommunicationError = ConnectionRefused
+HTTPBadRequest = BadRequest
+HTTPInternalServerError = InternalServerError
+HTTPNotFound = NotFound
+HTTPServiceUnavailable = ServiceUnavailable
+
+
+class AmbiguousAuthSystem(ClientException):
+    """Could not obtain token and endpoint using provided credentials."""
+    pass
+
+# Alias for backwards compatibility
+AmbigiousAuthSystem = AmbiguousAuthSystem
+
+
+class InvalidAttribute(ClientException):
+    pass
+
+
+def from_response(response, message=None, traceback=None, method=None,
+                  url=None):
+    """Return an HttpError instance based on response from httplib/requests."""
+
+    error_body = {}
+    if message:
+        error_body['message'] = message
+    if traceback:
+        error_body['details'] = traceback
+
+    if hasattr(response, 'status') and not hasattr(response, 'status_code'):
+        # NOTE(akurilin): These modifications around response object give
+        # ability to get all necessary information in method `from_response`
+        # from common code, which expecting response object from `requests`
+        # library instead of object from `httplib/httplib2` library.
+        response.status_code = response.status
+        response.headers = {
+            'Content-Type': response.getheader('content-type', "")}
+        response.json = lambda: {'error': error_body}
+
+    if (response.headers['Content-Type'].startswith('text/') and
+            not hasattr(response, 'text')):
+        # NOTE(clif_h): There seems to be a case in the
+        # openstack.common.apiclient.exceptions module where if the
+        # content-type of the response is text/* then it expects
+        # the response to have a 'text' attribute, but that
+        # doesn't always seem to necessarily be the case.
+        # This is to work around that problem.
+        response.text = ''
+
+    return exceptions.from_response(response, message, url)
diff --git a/cloudpulseclient/i18n.py b/cloudpulseclient/i18n.py
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+# 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.
+
+"""oslo_i18n integration module for cloudpulseclient.
+
+See http://docs.openstack.org/developer/oslo.i18n/usage.html .
+
+"""
+
+import oslo_i18n
+
+
+_translators = oslo_i18n.TranslatorFactory(domain='cloudpulseclient')
+
+# The primary translation function using the well-known name "_"
+_ = _translators.primary
+
+# Translators for log levels.
+#
+# The abbreviated names are meant to reflect the usual use of a short
+# name like '_'. The "L" is for "log" and the other letter comes from
+# the level.
+_LI = _translators.log_info
+_LW = _translators.log_warning
+_LE = _translators.log_error
+_LC = _translators.log_critical
diff --git a/cloudpulseclient/version.py b/cloudpulseclient/version.py
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+# Copyright 2014
+# The Cloudscaling Group, 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.
+
+from pbr import version
+
+version_info = version.VersionInfo('python-cloudpulseclient')