diff --git a/src/test/cord-api/Framework/restApi.py b/src/test/cord-api/Framework/restApi.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86ca3ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/cord-api/Framework/restApi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import requests, json, sys, time
+sys.path.append('utils')
+from readProperties import readProperties
+
+class RestApi(object):
+    '''
+    Functions for testing CORD API with POST, GET, PUT, DELETE method
+    '''
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.rp = readProperties("../Properties/RestApiProperties.py")
+        self.controllerIP = self.getValueFromProperties("SERVER_IP")
+        self.controllerPort = self.getValueFromProperties("SERVER_PORT")
+        self.user = self.getValueFromProperties("USER")
+        self.password = self.getValueFromProperties("PASSWD")
+        self.jsonHeader = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
+
+    def getValueFromProperties(self, key):
+        '''
+        Get and return values from properties file
+        '''
+        rawValue = self.rp.getValueProperties(key)
+        value = rawValue.replace("'","")
+        return value
+
+    def getURL(self, key):
+        '''
+        Get REST API suffix from key and return the full URL
+        '''
+        urlSuffix =  self.getValueFromProperties(key)
+        url = "http://" + self.controllerIP + ":" + self.controllerPort + urlSuffix
+        return url
+
+    def checkResult(self, resp, expectedStatus):
+        '''
+        Check if the status code in resp equals to the expected number.
+        Return True or False based on the check result.
+        '''
+        if resp.status_code == expectedStatus:
+            print "Test passed: " + str(resp.status_code) + ": " + resp.text
+            return True
+        else:
+            print "Test failed: " + str(resp.status_code) + ": " + resp.text
+            return False
+
+    def getSubscriberIdFromAccountNum(self, jsonDataList, accountNum):
+        '''
+        Search in each json data in the given list to find and return the
+        subscriber id that corresponds to the given account number.
+        '''
+        # Here we assume subscriber id starts from 1
+        subscriberId = 0
+        try:
+            for jsonData in jsonDataList:
+                if jsonData["identity"]["account_num"] == str(accountNum):
+                    subscriberId = jsonData["id"]
+                    break
+            return subscriberId
+        except KeyError:
+            print "Something wrong with the json data provided: ", jsonData
+            return -1
+
+    def ApiPost(self, key, jsonData):
+        url = self.getURL(key)
+        data = json.dumps(jsonData)
+        resp = requests.post(url, data=data, headers=self.jsonHeader, auth=(self.user, self.password))
+        passed = self.checkResult(resp, requests.codes.created)
+        return passed
+
+    def ApiGet(self, key, urlSuffix=""):
+        url = self.getURL(key) + urlSuffix
+        resp = requests.get(url, auth=(self.user, self.password))
+        passed = self.checkResult(resp, requests.codes.ok)
+        if not passed:
+            return None
+        else:
+            return resp.json()
+
+    def ApiPut(self, key, jsonData, urlSuffix=""):
+        url = self.getURL(key) + urlSuffix
+        data = json.dumps(jsonData)
+        resp = requests.put(url, data=data, headers=self.jsonHeader, auth=(self.user, self.password))
+        passed = self.checkResult(resp, requests.codes.ok)
+        return passed
+
+    def ApiDelete(self, key, urlSuffix=""):
+        url = self.getURL(key) + urlSuffix
+        resp = requests.delete(url, auth=(self.user, self.password))
+        passed = self.checkResult(resp, requests.codes.no_content)
+        return passed
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test = RestApi()
+    key = "TENANT_SUBSCRIBER"
+    account_num = 5
+    result = test.ApiPost(key, {"identity":{"account_num":str(account_num)}})
+    time.sleep(5)
+    result = test.ApiGet(key)
+    subId = test.getSubscriberIdFromAccountNum(result, account_num)
+    urlSuffix = str(subId) + "/"
+    time.sleep(5)
+    result = test.ApiPut(key, {"identity":{"name":"My House 2"}}, urlSuffix)
+    time.sleep(5)
+    result = test.ApiDelete(key, urlSuffix)
diff --git a/src/test/cord-api/Properties/RestApiProperties.py b/src/test/cord-api/Properties/RestApiProperties.py
index 9a040f2..4148f2b 100644
--- a/src/test/cord-api/Properties/RestApiProperties.py
+++ b/src/test/cord-api/Properties/RestApiProperties.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 SERVER_IP = 'localhost'
-SERVER_PORT = '8000'
+SERVER_PORT = '8001'
 USER = 'padmin@vicci.org'
 PASSWD = 'letmein'
-HEADERS_JSON = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
-UTILS_POST_LOGIN = '/api/utility/login/'
+TENANT_SUBSCRIBER = '/api/tenant/cord/subscriber/'