diff --git a/marconi/common/request.py b/marconi/common/request.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2013 Rackspace, Inc.
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import json
+
+from marconi.common import decorators
+
+
+class Request(object):
+    """General data for a Marconi request
+
+    Transport will generate a request object and send to this the API to be
+    processed.
+    :param operation: Operation to identify the API call being processed, i.e:
+        - get_queues
+        - get_messages
+    :type operation: str
+    :param content: Request's body. Default: None
+    :type content: str
+    :param params: Query string params. Default: None
+    :type params: dict
+    :param headers: Request headers. Default: None
+    :type headers: dict
+    :param api: Api entry point. i.e: 'queues.v1'
+    :type api: `six.text_type`.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, operation='',
+                 content=None, params=None,
+                 headers=None, api=None):
+
+        self._api = None
+        self._api_mod = api
+
+        self.operation = operation
+        self.content = content
+        self.params = params or {}
+        self.headers = headers or {}
+
+    @decorators.lazy_property()
+    def deserialized_content(self):
+        if self.content is not None:
+            return json.loads(self.content)
+        return None
diff --git a/marconi/common/response.py b/marconi/common/response.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+class Response(object):
+    """Common response class for Marconi.
+
+    All `marconi.transport.base.Transport` implementations
+    will return this to the higher level API which will then build
+    an object out of it.
+
+    :param request: The request sent to the server.
+    :type: `marconi.transport.request.Request`
+    :param content: Response's content
+    :type: `six.string_types`
+    :param headers: Optional headers returned in the response.
+    :type: dict
+    """
+
+    __slots__ = ('request', 'content', 'headers')
+
+    def __init__(self, request, content, headers=None):
+        self.request = request
+        self.content = content
+        self.headers = headers or {}
diff --git a/tests/unit/common/test_request.py b/tests/unit/common/test_request.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2013 Rackspace, Inc.
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+from marconi.common import request
+from marconi.tests import base
+
+
+HREF = '/v1/queue/'
+
+
+class TestRequest(base.TestBase):
+
+    def test_request_deserialized(self):
+        data = '{"data": "tons of GBs"}'
+        req = request.Request(content=data)
+        self.assertIsInstance(req.deserialized_content, dict)