'Create the Swift container
:raise: `SwiftException` if unable to create'

def create_root(self):

    if (not self.test_root_exists()):
        ret = self.httpclient.request('PUT', self.base_path)
        if ((ret.status_code < 200) or (ret.status_code > 300)):
            raise SwiftException(('PUT    request    failed    with    error    code    %s' % ret.status_code))
