diff --git a/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/ClientHelper.java b/mifosng-provider/src/integrationTest/java/org/mifosplatform/integrationtests/common/ClientHelper.java
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+package org.mifosplatform.integrationtests.common;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.jayway.restassured.specification.RequestSpecification;
+import com.jayway.restassured.specification.ResponseSpecification;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import static com.jayway.restassured.RestAssured.given;
+import static com.jayway.restassured.RestAssured.post;
+import static com.jayway.restassured.path.json.JsonPath.from;
+
+import junit.framework.Assert;
+
+
+public class ClientHelper {
+    private static final String CREATE_CLIENT_URL = "/mifosng-provider/api/v1/clients?tenantIdentifier=default";
+
+
+    public static Integer createClient(RequestSpecification requestSpec, ResponseSpecification responseSpec) {
+        return createClient(requestSpec,responseSpec,"04 March 2012");
+    }
+
+    public static Integer createClient(RequestSpecification requestSpec, ResponseSpecification responseSpec,String dateOfJoining) {
+        System.out.println("---------------------------------CREATING A CLIENT---------------------------------------------");
+        return Utils.performServerPost(requestSpec, responseSpec, CREATE_CLIENT_URL, getTestClientAsJSON(dateOfJoining), "clientId");
+    }
+
+
+    public static String getTestClientAsJSON(String dateOfJoining) {
+        HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        map.put("officeId", "1");
+        map.put("firstname", randomNameGenerator("Client_FirstName_", 5));
+        map.put("lastname", randomNameGenerator("Client_LastName_", 4));
+        map.put("externalId", randomIDGenerator("ID_", 7));
+        map.put("dateFormat", "dd MMMM yyyy");
+        map.put("locale", "en");
+        map.put("joinedDate", dateOfJoining);
+        System.out.println("map : "+map);
+        return new Gson().toJson(map);
+    }
+
+    public static void verifyClientCreatedOnServer(RequestSpecification requestSpec, ResponseSpecification responseSpec, Integer generatedClientID) {
+        System.out.println("------------------------------CHECK CLIENT DETAILS------------------------------------\n");
+        String  CLIENT_URL="/mifosng-provider/api/v1/clients/" + generatedClientID + "?tenantIdentifier=default";
+        Integer responseClientID = Utils.performServerGet(requestSpec, responseSpec, CLIENT_URL, "id");
+        Assert.assertEquals(generatedClientID,responseClientID);
+    }
+
+    private static String randomStringGenerator(final String prefix, final int len, final String sourceSetString) {
+        int lengthOfSource = sourceSetString.length();
+        Random rnd = new Random();
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(len);
+        for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
+            sb.append((sourceSetString).charAt(rnd.nextInt(lengthOfSource)));
+        return (prefix+(sb.toString()));
+    }
+
+    public static String randomNameGenerator(final String prefix, final int lenOfRandomSuffix) {
+        return randomStringGenerator(prefix, lenOfRandomSuffix, "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ");
+    }
+
+    private static String randomIDGenerator(final String prefix, final int lenOfRandomSuffix) {
+        return randomStringGenerator(prefix, lenOfRandomSuffix, "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ");
+    }
+
+
+
+
+}