diff --git a/flags.go b/flags.go
index 63cbf27b3..d4fc598ed 100644
--- a/flags.go
+++ b/flags.go
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ var (
 		Usage: "Limit for total concurrent requests: [DEFAULT: 16].",
 	}
 
+	anonymousFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "anonymous",
+		Hide:  true,
+		Usage: "Make server run in anonymous mode where all client connections are accepted.",
+	}
+
 	certFlag = cli.StringFlag{
 		Name:  "cert",
 		Usage: "Provide your domain certificate.",
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5b9a40575..b2a093dd9 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type minioConfig struct {
 	Address           string
 	ControllerAddress string
 	RPCAddress        string
+	Anonymous         bool
 	TLS               bool
 	CertFile          string
 	KeyFile           string
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ type minioConfig struct {
 
 func init() {
 	// Check for the environment early on and gracefuly report.
-
 	_, err := user.Current()
 	if err != nil {
 		Fatalf("Unable to obtain user's home directory. \nError: %s\n", err)
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ func registerApp() *cli.App {
 	registerFlag(addressControllerFlag)
 	registerFlag(addressServerRPCFlag)
 	registerFlag(ratelimitFlag)
+	registerFlag(anonymousFlag)
 	registerFlag(certFlag)
 	registerFlag(keyFlag)
 	registerFlag(jsonFlag)
diff --git a/server-api-bucket-handlers.go b/server-api-bucket-handlers.go
index d8ad00775..a229ec143 100644
--- a/server-api-bucket-handlers.go
+++ b/server-api-bucket-handlers.go
@@ -46,16 +46,12 @@ func (api API) isValidOp(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) bool {
 	}
 	if _, err = stripAccessKeyID(req.Header.Get("Authorization")); err != nil {
 		if bucketMetadata.ACL.IsPrivate() {
-			return true
-			//uncomment this when we have webcli
-			//writeErrorResponse(w, req, AccessDenied,  req.URL.Path)
-			//return false
+			writeErrorResponse(w, req, AccessDenied, req.URL.Path)
+			return false
 		}
 		if bucketMetadata.ACL.IsPublicRead() && req.Method == "PUT" {
-			return true
-			//uncomment this when we have webcli
-			//writeErrorResponse(w, req, AccessDenied,  req.URL.Path)
-			//return false
+			writeErrorResponse(w, req, AccessDenied, req.URL.Path)
+			return false
 		}
 	}
 	return true
@@ -248,14 +244,16 @@ func (api API) PutBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	bucket := vars["bucket"]
 
 	var signature *signv4.Signature
-	if _, ok := req.Header["Authorization"]; ok {
-		// Init signature V4 verification
-		var err *probe.Error
-		signature, err = initSignatureV4(req)
-		if err != nil {
-			errorIf(err.Trace(), "Initializing signature v4 failed.", nil)
-			writeErrorResponse(w, req, InternalError, req.URL.Path)
-			return
+	if !api.Anonymous {
+		if _, ok := req.Header["Authorization"]; ok {
+			// Init signature V4 verification
+			var err *probe.Error
+			signature, err = initSignatureV4(req)
+			if err != nil {
+				errorIf(err.Trace(), "Initializing signature v4 failed.", nil)
+				writeErrorResponse(w, req, InternalError, req.URL.Path)
+				return
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -305,6 +303,16 @@ func (api API) PostPolicyBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request)
 		<-op.ProceedCh
 	}
 
+	// if body of request is non-nil then check for validity of Content-Length
+	if req.Body != nil {
+		/// if Content-Length missing, deny the request
+		size := req.Header.Get("Content-Length")
+		if size == "" {
+			writeErrorResponse(w, req, MissingContentLength, req.URL.Path)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Here the parameter is the size of the form data that should
 	// be loaded in memory, the remaining being put in temporary
 	// files
diff --git a/server-api-logging-handlers.go b/server-api-logging-handlers.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2394f9014..000000000
--- a/server-api-logging-handlers.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2015 Minio, 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.
- */
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
-	"os"
-	"time"
-)
-
-type logHandler struct {
-	handler http.Handler
-	logger  chan<- []byte
-}
-
-// logMessage is a serializable json log message
-type logMessage struct {
-	StartTime     time.Time
-	Duration      time.Duration
-	StatusMessage string // human readable http status message
-
-	// HTTP detailed message
-	HTTP struct {
-		ResponseHeaders http.Header
-		Request         *http.Request
-	}
-}
-
-// logWriter is used to capture status for log messages
-type logWriter struct {
-	responseWriter http.ResponseWriter
-	logMessage     *logMessage
-}
-
-// WriteHeader writes headers and stores status in LogMessage
-func (w *logWriter) WriteHeader(status int) {
-	w.logMessage.StatusMessage = http.StatusText(status)
-	w.responseWriter.WriteHeader(status)
-}
-
-// Header Dummy wrapper for LogWriter
-func (w *logWriter) Header() http.Header {
-	return w.responseWriter.Header()
-}
-
-// Write Dummy wrapper for LogWriter
-func (w *logWriter) Write(data []byte) (int, error) {
-	return w.responseWriter.Write(data)
-}
-
-func (h *logHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-	logMessage := &logMessage{
-		StartTime: time.Now().UTC(),
-	}
-	logWriter := &logWriter{responseWriter: w, logMessage: logMessage}
-	h.handler.ServeHTTP(logWriter, req)
-	h.logger <- getLogMessage(logMessage, w, req)
-}
-
-func getLogMessage(logMessage *logMessage, w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) []byte {
-	// store lower level details
-	logMessage.HTTP.ResponseHeaders = w.Header()
-	logMessage.HTTP.Request = req
-
-	logMessage.Duration = time.Now().UTC().Sub(logMessage.StartTime)
-	js, _ := json.Marshal(logMessage)
-	js = append(js, byte('\n')) // append a new line
-	return js
-}
-
-// LoggingHandler logs requests
-func LoggingHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
-	logger, _ := fileLogger("access.log")
-	return &logHandler{handler: h, logger: logger}
-}
-
-// fileLogger returns a channel that is used to write to the logger
-func fileLogger(filename string) (chan<- []byte, error) {
-	ch := make(chan []byte)
-	file, err := os.OpenFile(filename, os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY, 0600)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	go func() {
-		for message := range ch {
-			if _, err := io.Copy(file, bytes.NewBuffer(message)); err != nil {
-				// log.Errorln(err)
-			}
-		}
-	}()
-	return ch, nil
-}
diff --git a/server-api-object-handlers.go b/server-api-object-handlers.go
index 6b89c5f68..65f3ff923 100644
--- a/server-api-object-handlers.go
+++ b/server-api-object-handlers.go
@@ -186,14 +186,16 @@ func (api API) PutObjectHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	var signature *signv4.Signature
-	if _, ok := req.Header["Authorization"]; ok {
-		// Init signature V4 verification
-		var err *probe.Error
-		signature, err = initSignatureV4(req)
-		if err != nil {
-			errorIf(err.Trace(), "Initializing signature v4 failed.", nil)
-			writeErrorResponse(w, req, InternalError, req.URL.Path)
-			return
+	if !api.Anonymous {
+		if _, ok := req.Header["Authorization"]; ok {
+			// Init signature V4 verification
+			var err *probe.Error
+			signature, err = initSignatureV4(req)
+			if err != nil {
+				errorIf(err.Trace(), "Initializing signature v4 failed.", nil)
+				writeErrorResponse(w, req, InternalError, req.URL.Path)
+				return
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -338,14 +340,16 @@ func (api API) PutObjectPartHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 
 	var signature *signv4.Signature
-	if _, ok := req.Header["Authorization"]; ok {
-		// Init signature V4 verification
-		var err *probe.Error
-		signature, err = initSignatureV4(req)
-		if err != nil {
-			errorIf(err.Trace(), "Initializing signature v4 failed.", nil)
-			writeErrorResponse(w, req, InternalError, req.URL.Path)
-			return
+	if !api.Anonymous {
+		if _, ok := req.Header["Authorization"]; ok {
+			// Init signature V4 verification
+			var err *probe.Error
+			signature, err = initSignatureV4(req)
+			if err != nil {
+				errorIf(err.Trace(), "Initializing signature v4 failed.", nil)
+				writeErrorResponse(w, req, InternalError, req.URL.Path)
+				return
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -485,16 +489,19 @@ func (api API) CompleteMultipartUploadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.R
 	objectResourcesMetadata := getObjectResources(req.URL.Query())
 
 	var signature *signv4.Signature
-	if _, ok := req.Header["Authorization"]; ok {
-		// Init signature V4 verification
-		var err *probe.Error
-		signature, err = initSignatureV4(req)
-		if err != nil {
-			errorIf(err.Trace(), "Initializing signature v4 failed.", nil)
-			writeErrorResponse(w, req, InternalError, req.URL.Path)
-			return
+	if !api.Anonymous {
+		if _, ok := req.Header["Authorization"]; ok {
+			// Init signature V4 verification
+			var err *probe.Error
+			signature, err = initSignatureV4(req)
+			if err != nil {
+				errorIf(err.Trace(), "Initializing signature v4 failed.", nil)
+				writeErrorResponse(w, req, InternalError, req.URL.Path)
+				return
+			}
 		}
 	}
+
 	metadata, err := api.Donut.CompleteMultipartUpload(bucket, object, objectResourcesMetadata.UploadID, req.Body, signature)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err.Trace(), "CompleteMultipartUpload failed.", nil)
diff --git a/server-api-signature-handler.go b/server-api-signature-handler.go
index a4a3500f5..dfb2af08c 100644
--- a/server-api-signature-handler.go
+++ b/server-api-signature-handler.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func (s signatureHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			writeErrorResponse(w, r, SignatureDoesNotMatch, r.URL.Path)
 			return
 		}
+		s.handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 	}
-	s.handler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	writeErrorResponse(w, r, AccessDenied, r.URL.Path)
 }
diff --git a/server-main.go b/server-main.go
index 8ef8d2dc9..ce3edeae1 100644
--- a/server-main.go
+++ b/server-main.go
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ func startTM(api API) {
 
 // startServer starts an s3 compatible cloud storage server
 func startServer(conf minioConfig) *probe.Error {
-	minioAPI := getNewAPI()
-	apiHandler := getAPIHandler(minioAPI)
+	minioAPI := getNewAPI(conf.Anonymous)
+	apiHandler := getAPIHandler(conf.Anonymous, minioAPI)
 	apiServer, err := configureAPIServer(conf, apiHandler)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err.Trace()
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ func getServerConfig(c *cli.Context) minioConfig {
 	return minioConfig{
 		Address:    c.GlobalString("address"),
 		RPCAddress: c.GlobalString("address-server-rpc"),
+		Anonymous:  c.GlobalBool("anonymous"),
 		TLS:        tls,
 		CertFile:   certFile,
 		KeyFile:    keyFile,
diff --git a/server-router.go b/server-router.go
index e3b33a463..acaac7d95 100644
--- a/server-router.go
+++ b/server-router.go
@@ -64,31 +64,33 @@ type APIOperation struct {
 
 // API container for API and also carries OP (operation) channel
 type API struct {
-	OP    chan APIOperation
-	Donut donut.Interface
+	OP        chan APIOperation
+	Donut     donut.Interface
+	Anonymous bool // do not checking for incoming signatures, allow all requests
 }
 
 // getNewAPI instantiate a new minio API
-func getNewAPI() API {
+func getNewAPI(anonymous bool) API {
 	// ignore errors for now
 	d, err := donut.New()
 	fatalIf(err.Trace(), "Instantiating donut failed.", nil)
 
 	return API{
-		OP:    make(chan APIOperation),
-		Donut: d,
+		OP:        make(chan APIOperation),
+		Donut:     d,
+		Anonymous: anonymous,
 	}
 }
 
-// getAPIHandler api handler
-func getAPIHandler(api API) http.Handler {
+func getAPIHandler(anonymous bool, api API) http.Handler {
 	var mwHandlers = []MiddlewareHandler{
 		TimeValidityHandler,
 		IgnoreResourcesHandler,
-		SignatureHandler,
-		// api.LoggingHandler, // Disabled logging until we bring in external logging support
 		CorsHandler,
 	}
+	if !anonymous {
+		mwHandlers = append(mwHandlers, SignatureHandler)
+	}
 	mux := router.NewRouter()
 	registerAPI(mux, api)
 	apiHandler := registerCustomMiddleware(mux, mwHandlers...)
diff --git a/server_donut_test.go b/server_donut_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 60fe2a528..000000000
--- a/server_donut_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,896 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Minio Cloud Storage, (C) 2014 Minio, 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.
- */
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-
-	"encoding/xml"
-	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
-
-	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/donut"
-	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
-)
-
-type MyAPIDonutSuite struct {
-	root string
-}
-
-var _ = Suite(&MyAPIDonutSuite{})
-
-var testAPIDonutServer *httptest.Server
-
-// create a dummy TestNodeDiskMap
-func createTestNodeDiskMap(p string) map[string][]string {
-	nodes := make(map[string][]string)
-	nodes["localhost"] = make([]string, 16)
-	for i := 0; i < len(nodes["localhost"]); i++ {
-		diskPath := filepath.Join(p, strconv.Itoa(i))
-		if _, err := os.Stat(diskPath); err != nil {
-			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				os.MkdirAll(diskPath, 0700)
-			}
-		}
-		nodes["localhost"][i] = diskPath
-	}
-	return nodes
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
-	root, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "api-")
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	s.root = root
-
-	conf := new(donut.Config)
-	conf.Version = "0.0.1"
-	conf.DonutName = "test"
-	conf.NodeDiskMap = createTestNodeDiskMap(root)
-	conf.MaxSize = 100000
-	donut.SetDonutConfigPath(filepath.Join(root, "donut.json"))
-	perr := donut.SaveConfig(conf)
-	c.Assert(perr, IsNil)
-
-	minioAPI := getNewAPI()
-	httpHandler := getAPIHandler(minioAPI)
-	go startTM(minioAPI)
-	testAPIDonutServer = httptest.NewServer(httpHandler)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TearDownSuite(c *C) {
-	os.RemoveAll(s.root)
-	testAPIDonutServer.Close()
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestDeleteBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/mybucket", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := &http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestDeleteObject(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/mybucket/myobject", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	client := &http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestNonExistantBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/nonexistantbucket", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusNotFound)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestEmptyObject(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/emptyobject", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/emptyobject/object", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/emptyobject/object", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	var buffer bytes.Buffer
-	responseBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(true, Equals, bytes.Equal(responseBody, buffer.Bytes()))
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/bucket", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/bucket", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestObject(c *C) {
-	buffer := bytes.NewBufferString("hello world")
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/testobject", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/testobject/object", buffer)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/testobject/object", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	responseBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(responseBody, DeepEquals, []byte("hello world"))
-
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestMultipleObjects(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/multipleobjects", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "NoSuchKey", "The specified key does not exist.", http.StatusNotFound)
-
-	//// test object 1
-
-	// get object
-	buffer1 := bytes.NewBufferString("hello one")
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object1", buffer1)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object1", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	// verify response data
-	responseBody, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(true, Equals, bytes.Equal(responseBody, []byte("hello one")))
-
-	buffer2 := bytes.NewBufferString("hello two")
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object2", buffer2)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object2", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	// verify response data
-	responseBody, err = ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(true, Equals, bytes.Equal(responseBody, []byte("hello two")))
-
-	buffer3 := bytes.NewBufferString("hello three")
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object3", buffer3)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object3", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	// verify object
-	responseBody, err = ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(true, Equals, bytes.Equal(responseBody, []byte("hello three")))
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestNotImplemented(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/bucket/object?policy", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusNotImplemented)
-
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestHeader(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/bucket/object", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	verifyError(c, response, "NoSuchKey", "The specified key does not exist.", http.StatusNotFound)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestPutBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/put-bucket", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestPutObject(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/put-object", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/put-object/object", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestListBuckets(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	var results ListBucketsResponse
-	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(response.Body)
-	err = decoder.Decode(&results)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestNotBeAbleToCreateObjectInNonexistantBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/innonexistantbucket/object", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "NoSuchBucket", "The specified bucket does not exist.", http.StatusNotFound)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestHeadOnObject(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/headonobject", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/headonobject/object1", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/headonobject/object1", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestHeadOnBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/headonbucket", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/headonbucket", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-}
-
-/*
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestDateFormat(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/dateformat", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
-
-	// set an invalid date
-	request.Header.Set("Date", "asfasdfadf")
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "RequestTimeTooSkewed",
-		"The difference between the request time and the server's time is too large.", http.StatusForbidden)
-
-	request.Header.Set("Date", time.Now().UTC().Format(http.TimeFormat))
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-}
-*/
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestXMLNameNotInBucketListJson(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	byteResults, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(strings.Contains(string(byteResults), "XML"), Equals, false)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestXMLNameNotInObjectListJson(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/xmlnamenotinobjectlistjson", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/xmlnamenotinobjectlistjson", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	byteResults, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(strings.Contains(string(byteResults), "XML"), Equals, false)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestContentTypePersists(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/one", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	delete(request.Header, "Content-Type")
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/one", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.Header.Get("Content-Type"), Equals, "application/octet-stream")
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/one", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-	c.Assert(response.Header.Get("Content-Type"), Equals, "application/octet-stream")
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/two", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	delete(request.Header, "Content-Type")
-	request.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/two", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.Header.Get("Content-Type"), Equals, "application/octet-stream")
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/two", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.Header.Get("Content-Type"), Equals, "application/octet-stream")
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestPartialContent(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/partial-content", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/partial-content/bar", bytes.NewBufferString("Hello World"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	// prepare request
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/partial-content/bar", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
-	request.Header.Add("Range", "bytes=6-7")
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusPartialContent)
-	partialObject, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	c.Assert(string(partialObject), Equals, "Wo")
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestListObjectsHandlerErrors(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors-.", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "InvalidBucketName", "The specified bucket is not valid.", http.StatusBadRequest)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "NoSuchBucket", "The specified bucket does not exist.", http.StatusNotFound)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors?max-keys=-2", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "InvalidArgument", "Argument maxKeys must be an integer between 0 and 2147483647.", http.StatusBadRequest)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestPutBucketErrors(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/putbucket-.", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "InvalidBucketName", "The specified bucket is not valid.", http.StatusBadRequest)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/putbucket", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/putbucket", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "BucketAlreadyExists", "The requested bucket name is not available.", http.StatusConflict)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/putbucket?acl", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "unknown")
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "NotImplemented", "A header you provided implies functionality that is not implemented.", http.StatusNotImplemented)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestGetObjectErrors(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "NoSuchBucket", "The specified bucket does not exist.", http.StatusNotFound)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors/bar", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "NoSuchKey", "The specified key does not exist.", http.StatusNotFound)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors-./bar", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "InvalidBucketName", "The specified bucket is not valid.", http.StatusBadRequest)
-
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestGetObjectRangeErrors(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/getobjectrangeerrors", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/getobjectrangeerrors/bar", bytes.NewBufferString("Hello World"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/getobjectrangeerrors/bar", nil)
-	request.Header.Add("Range", "bytes=7-6")
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "InvalidRange", "The requested range cannot be satisfied.", http.StatusRequestedRangeNotSatisfiable)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestObjectMultipartAbort(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, 200)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("POST", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploads", bytes.NewBufferString(""))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(response.Body)
-	newResponse := &InitiateMultipartUploadResponse{}
-
-	err = decoder.Decode(newResponse)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(len(newResponse.UploadID) > 0, Equals, true)
-	uploadID := newResponse.UploadID
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response1, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response1.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response2, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response2.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("DELETE", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploadId="+uploadID, nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response3, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response3.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusNoContent)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestBucketMultipartList(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist", bytes.NewBufferString(""))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, 200)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("POST", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist/object?uploads", bytes.NewBufferString(""))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(response.Body)
-	newResponse := &InitiateMultipartUploadResponse{}
-
-	err = decoder.Decode(newResponse)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(len(newResponse.UploadID) > 0, Equals, true)
-	uploadID := newResponse.UploadID
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response1, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response1.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response2, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response2.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist?uploads", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response3, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response3.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	decoder = xml.NewDecoder(response3.Body)
-	newResponse3 := &ListMultipartUploadsResponse{}
-	err = decoder.Decode(newResponse3)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(newResponse3.Bucket, Equals, "bucketmultipartlist")
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestObjectMultipartList(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist", bytes.NewBufferString(""))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, 200)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("POST", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploads", bytes.NewBufferString(""))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(response.Body)
-	newResponse := &InitiateMultipartUploadResponse{}
-
-	err = decoder.Decode(newResponse)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(len(newResponse.UploadID) > 0, Equals, true)
-	uploadID := newResponse.UploadID
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response1, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response1.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response2, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response2.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID, nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response3, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response3.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?max-parts=-2&uploadId="+uploadID, nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response4, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response4, "InvalidArgument", "Argument maxParts must be an integer between 1 and 10000.", http.StatusBadRequest)
-}
-
-func (s *MyAPIDonutSuite) TestObjectMultipart(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, 200)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("POST", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploads", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(response.Body)
-	newResponse := &InitiateMultipartUploadResponse{}
-
-	err = decoder.Decode(newResponse)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(len(newResponse.UploadID) > 0, Equals, true)
-	uploadID := newResponse.UploadID
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response1, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response1.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	client = http.Client{}
-	response2, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response2.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	// complete multipart upload
-	completeUploads := &donut.CompleteMultipartUpload{
-		Part: []donut.CompletePart{
-			{
-				PartNumber: 1,
-				ETag:       response1.Header.Get("ETag"),
-			},
-			{
-				PartNumber: 2,
-				ETag:       response2.Header.Get("ETag"),
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	var completeBuffer bytes.Buffer
-	encoder := xml.NewEncoder(&completeBuffer)
-	encoder.Encode(completeUploads)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("POST", testAPIDonutServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploadId="+uploadID, &completeBuffer)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-}
diff --git a/server_donut_cache_test.go b/server_signV4_donut_cache_test.go
similarity index 60%
rename from server_donut_cache_test.go
rename to server_signV4_donut_cache_test.go
index 29b2697c6..a420c7678 100644
--- a/server_donut_cache_test.go
+++ b/server_signV4_donut_cache_test.go
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -32,7 +36,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type MyAPIDonutCacheSuite struct {
-	root string
+	root            string
+	req             *http.Request
+	body            io.ReadSeeker
+	accessKeyID     string
+	secretAccessKey string
 }
 
 var _ = Suite(&MyAPIDonutCacheSuite{})
@@ -51,10 +59,29 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
 	perr := donut.SaveConfig(conf)
 	c.Assert(perr, IsNil)
 
-	minioAPI := getNewAPI()
-	apiHandler := getAPIHandler(minioAPI)
+	accessKeyID, perr := generateAccessKeyID()
+	c.Assert(perr, IsNil)
+	secretAccessKey, perr := generateSecretAccessKey()
+	c.Assert(perr, IsNil)
+
+	authConf := &AuthConfig{}
+	authConf.Users = make(map[string]*AuthUser)
+	authConf.Users[string(accessKeyID)] = &AuthUser{
+		Name:            "testuser",
+		AccessKeyID:     string(accessKeyID),
+		SecretAccessKey: string(secretAccessKey),
+	}
+	s.accessKeyID = string(accessKeyID)
+	s.secretAccessKey = string(secretAccessKey)
+
+	SetAuthConfigPath(root)
+	perr = SaveConfig(authConf)
+	c.Assert(perr, IsNil)
+
+	minioAPI := getNewAPI(false)
+	httpHandler := getAPIHandler(false, minioAPI)
 	go startTM(minioAPI)
-	testAPIDonutCacheServer = httptest.NewServer(apiHandler)
+	testAPIDonutCacheServer = httptest.NewServer(httpHandler)
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TearDownSuite(c *C) {
@@ -62,8 +89,130 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TearDownSuite(c *C) {
 	testAPIDonutCacheServer.Close()
 }
 
+func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) newRequest(method, urlStr string, contentLength int64, body io.ReadSeeker) (*http.Request, error) {
+	t := time.Now().UTC()
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, urlStr, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Set("x-amz-date", t.Format(iso8601Format))
+	if method == "" {
+		method = "POST"
+	}
+
+	// add Content-Length
+	req.ContentLength = contentLength
+
+	// add body
+	switch {
+	case body == nil:
+		req.Body = nil
+	default:
+		req.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(body)
+	}
+
+	// save for subsequent use
+	hash := func() string {
+		switch {
+		case body == nil:
+			return hex.EncodeToString(sum256([]byte{}))
+		default:
+			sum256Bytes, _ := sum256Reader(body)
+			return hex.EncodeToString(sum256Bytes)
+		}
+	}
+	hashedPayload := hash()
+	req.Header.Set("x-amz-content-sha256", hashedPayload)
+
+	var headers []string
+	vals := make(map[string][]string)
+	for k, vv := range req.Header {
+		if _, ok := ignoredHeaders[http.CanonicalHeaderKey(k)]; ok {
+			continue // ignored header
+		}
+		headers = append(headers, strings.ToLower(k))
+		vals[strings.ToLower(k)] = vv
+	}
+	headers = append(headers, "host")
+	sort.Strings(headers)
+
+	var canonicalHeaders bytes.Buffer
+	for _, k := range headers {
+		canonicalHeaders.WriteString(k)
+		canonicalHeaders.WriteByte(':')
+		switch {
+		case k == "host":
+			canonicalHeaders.WriteString(req.URL.Host)
+			fallthrough
+		default:
+			for idx, v := range vals[k] {
+				if idx > 0 {
+					canonicalHeaders.WriteByte(',')
+				}
+				canonicalHeaders.WriteString(v)
+			}
+			canonicalHeaders.WriteByte('\n')
+		}
+	}
+
+	signedHeaders := strings.Join(headers, ";")
+
+	req.URL.RawQuery = strings.Replace(req.URL.Query().Encode(), "+", "%20", -1)
+	encodedPath, _ := urlEncodeName(req.URL.Path)
+	// convert any space strings back to "+"
+	encodedPath = strings.Replace(encodedPath, "+", "%20", -1)
+
+	//
+	// canonicalRequest =
+	//  <HTTPMethod>\n
+	//  <CanonicalURI>\n
+	//  <CanonicalQueryString>\n
+	//  <CanonicalHeaders>\n
+	//  <SignedHeaders>\n
+	//  <HashedPayload>
+	//
+	canonicalRequest := strings.Join([]string{
+		req.Method,
+		encodedPath,
+		req.URL.RawQuery,
+		canonicalHeaders.String(),
+		signedHeaders,
+		hashedPayload,
+	}, "\n")
+
+	scope := strings.Join([]string{
+		t.Format(yyyymmdd),
+		"milkyway",
+		"s3",
+		"aws4_request",
+	}, "/")
+
+	stringToSign := authHeaderPrefix + "\n" + t.Format(iso8601Format) + "\n"
+	stringToSign = stringToSign + scope + "\n"
+	stringToSign = stringToSign + hex.EncodeToString(sum256([]byte(canonicalRequest)))
+
+	date := sumHMAC([]byte("AWS4"+s.secretAccessKey), []byte(t.Format(yyyymmdd)))
+	region := sumHMAC(date, []byte("milkyway"))
+	service := sumHMAC(region, []byte("s3"))
+	signingKey := sumHMAC(service, []byte("aws4_request"))
+
+	signature := hex.EncodeToString(sumHMAC(signingKey, []byte(stringToSign)))
+
+	// final Authorization header
+	parts := []string{
+		authHeaderPrefix + " Credential=" + s.accessKeyID + "/" + scope,
+		"SignedHeaders=" + signedHeaders,
+		"Signature=" + signature,
+	}
+	auth := strings.Join(parts, ", ")
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", auth)
+
+	return req, nil
+}
+
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestDeleteBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/mybucket", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("DELETE", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/mybucket", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := &http.Client{}
@@ -73,7 +222,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestDeleteBucket(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestDeleteObject(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/mybucket/myobject", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("DELETE", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/mybucket/myobject", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	client := &http.Client{}
 	response, err := client.Do(request)
@@ -82,7 +231,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestDeleteObject(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestNonExistantBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/nonexistantbucket", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/nonexistantbucket", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -92,7 +241,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestNonExistantBucket(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestEmptyObject(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/emptyobject", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/emptyobject", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -100,7 +249,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestEmptyObject(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/emptyobject/object", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/emptyobject/object", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -108,7 +257,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestEmptyObject(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/emptyobject/object", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/emptyobject/object", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -123,7 +272,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestEmptyObject(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucket", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucket", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -131,7 +280,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestBucket(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucket", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucket", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -141,8 +290,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestBucket(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObject(c *C) {
-	buffer := bytes.NewBufferString("hello world")
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/testobject", nil)
+	buffer := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/testobject", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -150,7 +299,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObject(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/testobject/object", buffer)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/testobject/object", int64(buffer.Len()), buffer)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -158,7 +307,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObject(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/testobject/object", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/testobject/object", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -173,7 +322,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObject(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestMultipleObjects(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -181,7 +330,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestMultipleObjects(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -192,8 +341,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestMultipleObjects(c *C) {
 	//// test object 1
 
 	// get object
-	buffer1 := bytes.NewBufferString("hello one")
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object1", buffer1)
+	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello one"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object1", int64(buffer1.Len()), buffer1)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -201,7 +350,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestMultipleObjects(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object1", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object1", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -214,8 +363,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestMultipleObjects(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(true, Equals, bytes.Equal(responseBody, []byte("hello one")))
 
-	buffer2 := bytes.NewBufferString("hello two")
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object2", buffer2)
+	buffer2 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello two"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object2", int64(buffer2.Len()), buffer2)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -223,7 +372,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestMultipleObjects(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object2", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object2", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -236,8 +385,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestMultipleObjects(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(true, Equals, bytes.Equal(responseBody, []byte("hello two")))
 
-	buffer3 := bytes.NewBufferString("hello three")
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object3", buffer3)
+	buffer3 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello three"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object3", int64(buffer3.Len()), buffer3)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -245,7 +394,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestMultipleObjects(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object3", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/multipleobjects/object3", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -260,7 +409,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestMultipleObjects(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestNotImplemented(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucket/object?policy", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucket/object?policy", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -271,7 +420,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestNotImplemented(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestHeader(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucket/object", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucket/object", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -282,7 +431,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestHeader(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPutBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/put-bucket", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/put-bucket", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
 
@@ -293,7 +442,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPutBucket(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPutObject(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/put-object", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/put-object", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
 
@@ -302,7 +451,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPutObject(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/put-object/object", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/put-object/object", int64(buffer1.Len()), buffer1)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
@@ -311,7 +461,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPutObject(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestListBuckets(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -326,7 +476,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestListBuckets(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestNotBeAbleToCreateObjectInNonexistantBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/innonexistantbucket/object", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/innonexistantbucket/object", int64(buffer1.Len()), buffer1)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -336,7 +487,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestNotBeAbleToCreateObjectInNonexistantBucket(c
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestHeadOnObject(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/headonobject", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/headonobject", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
 
@@ -345,14 +496,15 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestHeadOnObject(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/headonobject/object1", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/headonobject/object1", int64(buffer1.Len()), buffer1)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/headonobject/object1", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/headonobject/object1", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
@@ -361,7 +513,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestHeadOnObject(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestHeadOnBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/headonbucket", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/headonbucket", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
 
@@ -370,7 +522,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestHeadOnBucket(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/headonbucket", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/headonbucket", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
@@ -378,29 +530,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestHeadOnBucket(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 }
 
-/* Enable when we have full working signature v4
-func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestDateFormat(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/dateformat", nil)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
-
-	// set an invalid date
-	request.Header.Set("Date", "asfasdfadf")
-
-	client := http.Client{}
-	response, err := client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	verifyError(c, response, "RequestTimeTooSkewed",
-		"The difference between the request time and the server's time is too large.", http.StatusForbidden)
-
-	request.Header.Set("Date", time.Now().UTC().Format(http.TimeFormat))
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-}
-*/
-
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestXMLNameNotInBucketListJson(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
 
@@ -415,7 +546,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestXMLNameNotInBucketListJson(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestXMLNameNotInObjectListJson(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/xmlnamenotinobjectlistjson", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/xmlnamenotinobjectlistjson", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
 
@@ -424,7 +555,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestXMLNameNotInObjectListJson(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/xmlnamenotinobjectlistjson", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/xmlnamenotinobjectlistjson", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
 
@@ -439,7 +570,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestXMLNameNotInObjectListJson(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestContentTypePersists(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -447,7 +578,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestContentTypePersists(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/one", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/one", int64(buffer1.Len()), buffer1)
 	delete(request.Header, "Content-Type")
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
@@ -456,14 +588,14 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestContentTypePersists(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/one", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/one", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.Header.Get("Content-Type"), Equals, "application/octet-stream")
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/one", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/one", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -472,7 +604,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestContentTypePersists(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 	c.Assert(response.Header.Get("Content-Type"), Equals, "application/octet-stream")
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/two", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer2 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/two", int64(buffer2.Len()), buffer2)
 	delete(request.Header, "Content-Type")
 	request.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
@@ -481,14 +614,14 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestContentTypePersists(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/two", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("HEAD", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/two", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.Header.Get("Content-Type"), Equals, "application/octet-stream")
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/two", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/contenttype-persists/two", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
@@ -497,7 +630,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestContentTypePersists(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPartialContent(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/partial-content", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/partial-content", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -505,7 +638,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPartialContent(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/partial-content/bar", bytes.NewBufferString("Hello World"))
+	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("Hello World"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/partial-content/bar", int64(buffer1.Len()), buffer1)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -514,7 +648,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPartialContent(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
 	// prepare request
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/partial-content/bar", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/partial-content/bar", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
 	request.Header.Add("Range", "bytes=6-7")
@@ -530,7 +664,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPartialContent(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestListObjectsHandlerErrors(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors-.", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors-.", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -538,7 +672,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestListObjectsHandlerErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	verifyError(c, response, "InvalidBucketName", "The specified bucket is not valid.", http.StatusBadRequest)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -546,7 +680,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestListObjectsHandlerErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	verifyError(c, response, "NoSuchBucket", "The specified bucket does not exist.", http.StatusNotFound)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
 
@@ -555,7 +689,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestListObjectsHandlerErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors?max-keys=-2", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objecthandlererrors?max-keys=-2", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	client = http.Client{}
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
@@ -564,7 +698,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestListObjectsHandlerErrors(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPutBucketErrors(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/putbucket-.", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/putbucket-.", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
 
@@ -573,7 +707,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPutBucketErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	verifyError(c, response, "InvalidBucketName", "The specified bucket is not valid.", http.StatusBadRequest)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/putbucket", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/putbucket", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
 
@@ -582,7 +716,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPutBucketErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/putbucket", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/putbucket", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "private")
 
@@ -590,7 +724,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPutBucketErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	verifyError(c, response, "BucketAlreadyExists", "The requested bucket name is not available.", http.StatusConflict)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/putbucket?acl", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/putbucket?acl", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	request.Header.Add("x-amz-acl", "unknown")
 
@@ -600,7 +734,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestPutBucketErrors(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestGetObjectErrors(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -608,7 +742,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestGetObjectErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	verifyError(c, response, "NoSuchBucket", "The specified bucket does not exist.", http.StatusNotFound)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -616,7 +750,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestGetObjectErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors/bar", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors/bar", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -624,7 +758,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestGetObjectErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	verifyError(c, response, "NoSuchKey", "The specified key does not exist.", http.StatusNotFound)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors-./bar", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjecterrors-./bar", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
@@ -634,7 +768,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestGetObjectErrors(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestGetObjectRangeErrors(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjectrangeerrors", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjectrangeerrors", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -642,7 +776,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestGetObjectRangeErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjectrangeerrors/bar", bytes.NewBufferString("Hello World"))
+	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("Hello World"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjectrangeerrors/bar", int64(buffer1.Len()), buffer1)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -650,7 +785,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestGetObjectRangeErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjectrangeerrors/bar", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/getobjectrangeerrors/bar", 0, nil)
 	request.Header.Add("Range", "bytes=7-6")
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
@@ -661,7 +796,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestGetObjectRangeErrors(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipartAbort(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -669,7 +804,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipartAbort(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, 200)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("POST", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploads", bytes.NewBufferString(""))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("POST", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploads", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
@@ -683,21 +818,23 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipartAbort(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(len(newResponse.UploadID) > 0, Equals, true)
 	uploadID := newResponse.UploadID
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", int64(buffer1.Len()), buffer1)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response1, err := client.Do(request)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response1.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer2 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", int64(buffer2.Len()), buffer2)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response2, err := client.Do(request)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response2.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("DELETE", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploadId="+uploadID, nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("DELETE", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartabort/object?uploadId="+uploadID, 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response3, err := client.Do(request)
@@ -706,7 +843,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipartAbort(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestBucketMultipartList(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist", bytes.NewBufferString(""))
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -714,7 +851,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestBucketMultipartList(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, 200)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("POST", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist/object?uploads", bytes.NewBufferString(""))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("POST", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist/object?uploads", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
@@ -728,21 +865,23 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestBucketMultipartList(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(len(newResponse.UploadID) > 0, Equals, true)
 	uploadID := newResponse.UploadID
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", int64(buffer1.Len()), buffer1)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response1, err := client.Do(request)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response1.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer2 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", int64(buffer2.Len()), buffer2)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response2, err := client.Do(request)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response2.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist?uploads", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/bucketmultipartlist?uploads", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response3, err := client.Do(request)
@@ -757,7 +896,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestBucketMultipartList(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipartList(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist", bytes.NewBufferString(""))
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -765,7 +904,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipartList(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, 200)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("POST", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploads", bytes.NewBufferString(""))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("POST", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploads", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
@@ -779,28 +918,30 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipartList(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(len(newResponse.UploadID) > 0, Equals, true)
 	uploadID := newResponse.UploadID
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", int64(buffer1.Len()), buffer1)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response1, err := client.Do(request)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response1.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer2 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", int64(buffer2.Len()), buffer2)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response2, err := client.Do(request)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response2.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID, nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?uploadId="+uploadID, 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response3, err := client.Do(request)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response3.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?max-parts=-2&uploadId="+uploadID, nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?max-parts=-2&uploadId="+uploadID, 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response4, err := client.Do(request)
@@ -809,7 +950,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipartList(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipart(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := http.Client{}
@@ -817,7 +958,7 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipart(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, 200)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("POST", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploads", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("POST", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploads", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -833,7 +974,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipart(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(len(newResponse.UploadID) > 0, Equals, true)
 	uploadID := newResponse.UploadID
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer1 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=1", int64(buffer1.Len()), buffer1)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -841,7 +983,8 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipart(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response1.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", bytes.NewBufferString("hello world"))
+	buffer2 := bytes.NewReader([]byte("hello world"))
+	request, err = s.newRequest("PUT", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploadId="+uploadID+"&partNumber=2", int64(buffer2.Len()), buffer2)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client = http.Client{}
@@ -863,26 +1006,15 @@ func (s *MyAPIDonutCacheSuite) TestObjectMultipart(c *C) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	var completeBuffer bytes.Buffer
-	encoder := xml.NewEncoder(&completeBuffer)
-	encoder.Encode(completeUploads)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("POST", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploadId="+uploadID, &completeBuffer)
+	completeBytes, err := xml.Marshal(completeUploads)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
-	response, err = client.Do(request)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("POST", testAPIDonutCacheServer.URL+"/objectmultiparts/object?uploadId="+uploadID, int64(len(completeBytes)), bytes.NewReader(completeBytes))
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
-	object, err := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
-	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	c.Assert(string(object), Equals, ("hello worldhello world"))
 }
 
 func verifyError(c *C, response *http.Response, code, description string, statusCode int) {
diff --git a/server_signature_v4_test.go b/server_signV4_donut_test.go
similarity index 97%
rename from server_signature_v4_test.go
rename to server_signV4_donut_test.go
index a02a72018..16ac3217b 100644
--- a/server_signature_v4_test.go
+++ b/server_signV4_donut_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"unicode/utf8"
@@ -52,6 +53,22 @@ var _ = Suite(&MyAPISignatureV4Suite{})
 
 var testSignatureV4Server *httptest.Server
 
+// create a dummy TestNodeDiskMap
+func createTestNodeDiskMap(p string) map[string][]string {
+	nodes := make(map[string][]string)
+	nodes["localhost"] = make([]string, 16)
+	for i := 0; i < len(nodes["localhost"]); i++ {
+		diskPath := filepath.Join(p, strconv.Itoa(i))
+		if _, err := os.Stat(diskPath); err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				os.MkdirAll(diskPath, 0700)
+			}
+		}
+		nodes["localhost"][i] = diskPath
+	}
+	return nodes
+}
+
 func (s *MyAPISignatureV4Suite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
 	root, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "api-")
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
@@ -85,8 +102,8 @@ func (s *MyAPISignatureV4Suite) SetUpSuite(c *C) {
 	perr = SaveConfig(authConf)
 	c.Assert(perr, IsNil)
 
-	minioAPI := getNewAPI()
-	httpHandler := getAPIHandler(minioAPI)
+	minioAPI := getNewAPI(false)
+	httpHandler := getAPIHandler(false, minioAPI)
 	go startTM(minioAPI)
 	testSignatureV4Server = httptest.NewServer(httpHandler)
 }
@@ -330,7 +347,7 @@ func (s *MyAPISignatureV4Suite) newRequest(method, urlStr string, contentLength
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPISignatureV4Suite) TestDeleteBucket(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", testSignatureV4Server.URL+"/mybucket", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("DELETE", testSignatureV4Server.URL+"/mybucket", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	client := &http.Client{}
@@ -340,7 +357,7 @@ func (s *MyAPISignatureV4Suite) TestDeleteBucket(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (s *MyAPISignatureV4Suite) TestDeleteObject(c *C) {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", testSignatureV4Server.URL+"/mybucket/myobject", nil)
+	request, err := s.newRequest("DELETE", testSignatureV4Server.URL+"/mybucket/myobject", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	client := &http.Client{}
 	response, err := client.Do(request)
@@ -807,7 +824,7 @@ func (s *MyAPISignatureV4Suite) TestListObjectsHandlerErrors(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testSignatureV4Server.URL+"/objecthandlererrors?max-keys=-2", nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testSignatureV4Server.URL+"/objecthandlererrors?max-keys=-2", 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	client = http.Client{}
 	response, err = client.Do(request)
@@ -1059,7 +1076,7 @@ func (s *MyAPISignatureV4Suite) TestObjectMultipartList(c *C) {
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	c.Assert(response3.StatusCode, Equals, http.StatusOK)
 
-	request, err = http.NewRequest("GET", testSignatureV4Server.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?max-parts=-2&uploadId="+uploadID, nil)
+	request, err = s.newRequest("GET", testSignatureV4Server.URL+"/objectmultipartlist/object?max-parts=-2&uploadId="+uploadID, 0, nil)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	response4, err := client.Do(request)