diff --git a/bigquery/api/load_data_by_post_test.py b/bigquery/api/load_data_by_post_test.py
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+# Copyright 2015, Google, 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 os
+import re
+
+from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+
+import tests
+
+from .load_data_by_post import load_data
+
+
+@attr('slow')
+class TestLoadDataByPost(tests.CloudBaseTest):
+    dataset_id = 'ephemeral_dataset'
+    table_id = 'load_data_by_post'
+
+    def test_load_csv_data(self):
+        schema_path = os.path.join(self.resource_path, 'schema.json')
+        data_path = os.path.join(self.resource_path, 'data.csv')
+        with tests.capture_stdout() as mock_stdout:
+            load_data(schema_path,
+                      data_path,
+                      self.project_id,
+                      self.dataset_id,
+                      self.table_id
+                      )
+
+        stdout = mock_stdout.getvalue()
+
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(stdout, re.compile(
+            r'Waiting for job to finish.*Job complete.', re.DOTALL))
+
+    def test_load_json_data(self):
+        schema_path = os.path.join(self.resource_path, 'schema.json')
+        data_path = os.path.join(self.resource_path, 'data.json')
+
+        with tests.capture_stdout() as mock_stdout:
+            load_data(schema_path,
+                      data_path,
+                      self.project_id,
+                      self.dataset_id,
+                      self.table_id
+                      )
+
+        stdout = mock_stdout.getvalue()
+
+        self.assertRegexpMatches(stdout, re.compile(
+            r'Waiting for job to finish.*Job complete.', re.DOTALL))
diff --git a/tests/resources/data.json b/tests/resources/data.json
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+++ b/tests/resources/data.json
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+{"Name": "Gandalf", "Age": 2000, "Weight": 140.0, "IsMagic": true}