TESTCASE FILE -
    @attr(type='smoke')
    def test_bulk_create_delete_port(self):
        # Creates 2 ports in one request
        names = []
        networks = [ self.network1['id'], self.network2['id'] ]
        for i in range(len(networks)):
            names.append(rand_name('port-'))
        resp, body = self.client.create_bulk_port(networks,
                                                  names,
                                                  admin_state_up=True)
        created_ports = body['ports']
        self.assertEqual('201', resp['status'])
        self.addCleanup(self._delete_ports, created_ports)
        # Asserting that the ports are found in the list after creation
        resp, body = self.client.list_ports()
        ports_list = list()
        for port in body['ports']:
            ports_list.append(port['id'])
        for n in created_ports:
            self.assertIsNotNone(n['id'])
            self.assertIn(n['id'], ports_list)


SERVICE FILE JSON-
    def create_bulk_port(self, networks, names=None, **kwargs):
        port_list = []
        for i in range(len(names)):
            p1 = {
                'port': {
                    'network_id': networks[i],
                    'name': names[i],
                }
            }
            for key, val in kwargs.items():
                p1['port'][key] = val
            port_list.append(p1)
        post_body = {'ports': port_list}
        body = json.dumps(post_body)
        uri = '%s/ports' % (self.uri_prefix)
        resp, body = self.post(uri, headers=self.headers, body=body)
        body = json.loads(body)
        return resp, body


SERVICE FILE XML-

    def create_bulk_port(self, networks, names=None, **kwargs):
        uri = '%s/ports' % (self.uri_prefix)
        post_body = Element("ports")
        for i in range(len(names)):
                p1 = Element("port")
                p2 = Element("name", names[i])
                p3 = Element("network_id", networks[i])
                p1.append(p2)
                p1.append(p3)
                for key, val in kwargs.items():
                    p1.append(Element(key, val))
                post_body.append(p1)
        resp, body = self.post(uri, str(Document(post_body)), self.headers)
        ports = self._parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
        ports = {"ports": ports}
        return resp, ports