Timeout:   10 * time.Second,
	}

	resp, err := client.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		ki.Error = err.Error()
		return ki
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	decoder := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
	if err := decoder.Decode(&ki); err != nil {
		ki.Error = err.Error()
	}
	return ki
}

	c.Assert(err, nil)
	// expecting the response status code to be http.StatusOK(200 OK) .
	c.Assert(response.StatusCode, http.StatusOK)

	// parse the response body and obtain the new upload ID.
	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(response.Body)
	newResponse := &InitiateMultipartUploadResponse{}

	err = decoder.Decode(newResponse)
	c.Assert(err, nil)
	c.Assert(len(newResponse.UploadID) > 0, true)

	// Assert the response code with the expected status.
	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
		t.Fatalf("%s:  Expected the response status to be `%d`, but instead found `%d`", instanceType, http.StatusOK, rec.Code)
	}

	// decode the response body.
	decoder := xml.NewDecoder(rec.Body)
	multipartResponse := &InitiateMultipartUploadResponse{}

	err = decoder.Decode(multipartResponse)
	if err != nil {