diff --git a/core/imds/pom.xml b/core/imds/pom.xml
index 68b2a57e5894..b0cfde3490a8 100644
--- a/core/imds/pom.xml
+++ b/core/imds/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,18 @@
             <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>json-utils</artifactId>
+            <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aws-json-protocol</artifactId>
+            <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
+            <scope>compile</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>test-utils</artifactId>
diff --git a/core/imds/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/Ec2Metadata.java b/core/imds/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/Ec2Metadata.java
index d40150d50f30..1d89b27c6bb1 100644
--- a/core/imds/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/Ec2Metadata.java
+++ b/core/imds/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/Ec2Metadata.java
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ public interface Ec2Metadata {
     /**
      * Gets the specified instance metadata value by the given path.
      * @param path  Input path
-     * @return Instance metadata value
+     * @return Instance metadata value as part of MetadataResponse Object
      */
-    String get(String path);
+    MetadataResponse get(String path);
 
     /**
      * @return The Builder Object consisting all the fields.
diff --git a/core/imds/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/MetadataResponse.java b/core/imds/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/MetadataResponse.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eefd16cfe8ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/imds/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/MetadataResponse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
+ * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * A copy of the License is located at
+ *
+ *  http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0
+ *
+ * or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file 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.
+ */
+
+package software.amazon.awssdk.imds;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.annotations.SdkPublicApi;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.document.Document;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.protocols.json.internal.unmarshall.document.DocumentUnmarshaller;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.protocols.jsoncore.JsonNode;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.protocols.jsoncore.JsonNodeParser;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.Validate;
+
+/**
+ * The class is used for Response Handling and Parsing the metadata fetched by the get call in the {@link Ec2Metadata} interface.
+ * The class provides convenience methods to the users to parse the metadata as a String, List and Document.
+ */
+@SdkPublicApi
+public class MetadataResponse {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MetadataResponse.class);
+
+    private static final JsonNodeParser JSON_NODE_PARSER = JsonNode.parserBuilder().removeErrorLocations(true).build();
+    
+    private final String body;
+
+    public MetadataResponse(String body) {
+        this.body = Validate.notNull(body, "Metadata is null");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the Metadata Response body as a String. This method can be used for parsing the retrieved
+     * singular metadata from IMDS.
+     *
+     * @return String Representation of the Metadata Response Body.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * Example:
+     * <pre>
+     * {@code
+     *
+     * Ec2Metadata ec2Metadata = Ec2Metadata.create();
+     * MetadataResponse metadataResponse = client.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
+     * String response = metadataResponse.asString();
+     *  }
+     *  </pre>
+     */
+    public String asString() {
+        return body;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses the response String into a list of Strings split by delimiter ("\n"). This method can be used for parsing the
+     * list-type metadata from IMDS.
+     *
+     * @return List Representation of the Metadata Response Body.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * Example:
+     * <pre>
+     * {@code
+     *
+     * Ec2Metadata ec2Metadata = Ec2Metadata.create();
+     * MetadataResponse metadataResponse = client.get("/latest/meta-data/ancestor-ami-ids");
+     * List<String>response = metadataResponse.asList();
+     * }
+     * </pre>
+     */
+    public List<String> asList() {
+        return Arrays.asList(body.split("\n"));
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Parses the response String into {@link Document} type. This method can be used for
+     * parsing the metadata in a String Json Format.
+     *
+     * @return Document Representation of the Metadata Response Body.
+     * @throws IOException in case parsing does not happen correctly.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * Example:
+     * <pre>
+     * {@code
+     *
+     * Ec2Metadata ec2Metadata = Ec2Metadata.create();
+     * MetadataResponse metadataResponse = client.get("/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document");
+     * Document document = metadataResponse.asDocument();
+     * }
+     * </pre>
+     */
+
+    public Document asDocument() throws IOException {
+
+        JsonNode node = JSON_NODE_PARSER.parse(body);
+        return node.visit(new DocumentUnmarshaller());
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/core/imds/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/internal/DefaultEc2Metadata.java b/core/imds/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/internal/DefaultEc2Metadata.java
index da9335da5520..5d1d415d9b2e 100644
--- a/core/imds/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/internal/DefaultEc2Metadata.java
+++ b/core/imds/src/main/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/internal/DefaultEc2Metadata.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.http.SdkHttpMethod;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.http.urlconnection.UrlConnectionHttpClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.imds.Ec2Metadata;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.imds.MetadataResponse;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.IoUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -145,11 +146,12 @@ public String toString() {
     /**
      * Gets the specified instance metadata value by the given path.
      * @param path  Input path
-     * @return Instance metadata value
+     * @return Instance metadata value as part of MetadataResponse Object
      */
     @Override
-    public String get(String path) {
+    public MetadataResponse get(String path) {
 
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = null;
         String data = null;
         AbortableInputStream abortableInputStream = null;
         try {
@@ -164,6 +166,7 @@ public String get(String path) {
             if (statusCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK && responseBody.isPresent()) {
                 abortableInputStream = responseBody.get();
                 data = IoUtils.toUtf8String(abortableInputStream);
+                metadataResponse = new MetadataResponse(data);
             } else if (statusCode == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_NOT_FOUND) {
                 throw SdkServiceException.builder()
                                          .message("The requested metadata at path ( " + path + " ) is not found ").build();
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ public String get(String path) {
             IoUtils.closeQuietly(abortableInputStream, log);
         }
 
-        return data;
+        return metadataResponse;
     }
 
     private String getToken() throws IOException {
diff --git a/core/imds/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/Ec2MetadataTest.java b/core/imds/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/Ec2MetadataTest.java
index cc3a1f2d53dd..70bf073ed144 100644
--- a/core/imds/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/Ec2MetadataTest.java
+++ b/core/imds/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/Ec2MetadataTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.SdkSystemSetting;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.exception.SdkServiceException;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.http.ExecutableHttpRequest;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.protocols.jsoncore.JsonNode;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.protocols.jsoncore.JsonNodeParser;
 
 /**
  * Unit Tests to test the Ec2Metadata Client functionality
@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ public class Ec2MetadataTest {
     @Rule
     public WireMockRule mockMetadataEndpoint = new WireMockRule();
 
+    private static final JsonNodeParser jsonParser = JsonNode.parser();
+
     @Before
     public void methodSetup() {
         System.setProperty(SdkSystemSetting.AWS_EC2_METADATA_SERVICE_ENDPOINT.property(), "http://localhost:" + mockMetadataEndpoint.port());
@@ -74,8 +77,9 @@ public void methodSetup() {
     @Test
     public void when_dummy_string_is_returned(){
 
-        when(ec2Metadata.get("/ami-id")).thenReturn("IMDS");
-        assertThat(ec2Metadata.get("/ami-id")).isEqualTo("IMDS");
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = new MetadataResponse("IMDS");
+        when(ec2Metadata.get("/ami-id")).thenReturn(metadataResponse);
+        assertThat(ec2Metadata.get("/ami-id").asString()).isEqualTo("IMDS");
 
     }
 
@@ -93,9 +97,9 @@ public void get_AmiId_onMetadataResource_200_Success() throws IOException {
         stubFor(get(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).willReturn(aResponse().withBody("{}")));
 
         Ec2Metadata ec2Metadata = Ec2Metadata.builder().endpoint(URI.create("http://localhost:8080")).build();
-        String data = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
 
-        assertThat(data).isEqualTo("{}");
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
+        assertThat(metadataResponse.asString()).isEqualTo("{}");
 
         WireMock.verify(putRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo(TOKEN_RESOURCE_PATH)).withHeader(EC2_METADATA_TOKEN_TTL_HEADER, equalTo("21600")));
         WireMock.verify(getRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).withHeader(TOKEN_HEADER, equalTo("some-token")));
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ public void get_AmiId_onMetadataResource_404Error_throws() throws IOException {
         stubFor(get(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).willReturn(aResponse().withBody("{}").withStatus(404)));
 
         Ec2Metadata ec2Metadata = Ec2Metadata.builder().endpoint(URI.create("http://localhost:8080")).build();
-        String data = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -121,9 +125,8 @@ public void get_AmiId_onMetadataResource_401Error_throws() throws IOException {
         stubFor(get(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).willReturn(aResponse().withBody("{}").withStatus(401)));
 
         Ec2Metadata ec2Metadata = Ec2Metadata.builder().endpoint(URI.create("http://localhost:8080")).build();
-        String data = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
-
-        assertThat(data).isNull();
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
+        assertThat(metadataResponse).isNull();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -133,9 +136,9 @@ public void get_AmiId_onMetadataResource_IOException_throws() {
         stubFor(get(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).willReturn(aResponse().withFixedDelay(Integer.MAX_VALUE)));
 
         Ec2Metadata ec2Metadata = Ec2Metadata.builder().endpoint(URI.create("http://localhost:8080")).build();
-        String data = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
 
-        assertThat(data).isNull();
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
+        assertThat(metadataResponse).isNull();
 
         WireMock.verify(putRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo(TOKEN_RESOURCE_PATH)).withHeader(EC2_METADATA_TOKEN_TTL_HEADER, equalTo("21600")));
         WireMock.verify(getRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).withHeader(TOKEN_HEADER, equalTo("some-token")));
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ public void get_AmiId_onTokenResource_403Error_throws() throws IOException {
         stubFor(get(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).willReturn(aResponse().withBody("{}")));
 
         Ec2Metadata ec2Metadata = Ec2Metadata.builder().endpoint(URI.create("http://localhost:8080")).build();
-        String data = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -161,9 +164,9 @@ public void get_AmiId_onTokenResource_401Error_throws() throws IOException {
         stubFor(get(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).willReturn(aResponse().withBody("{}")));
 
         Ec2Metadata ec2Metadata = Ec2Metadata.builder().endpoint(URI.create("http://localhost:8080")).build();
-        String data = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
 
-        assertThat(data).isNull();
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
+        assertThat(metadataResponse).isNull();
         WireMock.verify(putRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo(TOKEN_RESOURCE_PATH)).withHeader(EC2_METADATA_TOKEN_TTL_HEADER, equalTo("21600")));
 
     }
@@ -174,12 +177,10 @@ public void getAmiId_onTokenResource_IOError_throws() throws IOException {
         stubFor(get(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).willReturn(aResponse().withBody("{}")));
 
         Ec2Metadata ec2Metadata = Ec2Metadata.builder().endpoint(URI.create("http://localhost:8080")).build();
-        String data = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
-
-        assertThat(data).isNull();
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
+        assertThat(metadataResponse).isNull();
 
         WireMock.verify(putRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo(TOKEN_RESOURCE_PATH)).withHeader(EC2_METADATA_TOKEN_TTL_HEADER, equalTo("21600")));
-       // WireMock.verify(getRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).withHeader(TOKEN_HEADER, equalTo("some-token")));
     }
     @Test
     public void getAmiId_onTokenResource_200() throws IOException {
@@ -187,9 +188,9 @@ public void getAmiId_onTokenResource_200() throws IOException {
         stubFor(get(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).willReturn(aResponse().withBody("{}")));
 
         Ec2Metadata ec2Metadata = Ec2Metadata.builder().endpoint(URI.create("http://localhost:8080")).build();
-        String data = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
 
-        assertThat(data).isEqualTo("{}");
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = ec2Metadata.get("/latest/meta-data/ami-id");
+        assertThat(metadataResponse.asString()).isEqualTo("{}");
 
         WireMock.verify(putRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo(TOKEN_RESOURCE_PATH)).withHeader(EC2_METADATA_TOKEN_TTL_HEADER, equalTo("21600")));
         WireMock.verify(getRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo(AMI_ID_RESOURCE)).withHeader(TOKEN_HEADER, equalTo("some-token")));
diff --git a/core/imds/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/MetadataResponseTest.java b/core/imds/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/MetadataResponseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e41050922315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/imds/src/test/java/software/amazon/awssdk/imds/MetadataResponseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
+ * You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * A copy of the License is located at
+ *
+ *  http://aws.amazon.com/apache2.0
+ *
+ * or in the "license" file accompanying this file. This file 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.
+ */
+
+package software.amazon.awssdk.imds;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.core.document.Document;
+
+/**
+ * The class tests the utility methods provided by MetadataResponse Class .
+ */
+public class MetadataResponseTest {
+
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
+
+    @Test
+    public void check_asString_success() throws IOException {
+
+        String response = "foobar";
+
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = new MetadataResponse(response);
+        String result = metadataResponse.asString();
+        assertThat(result).isEqualTo(response);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void check_asString_failure() throws IOException {
+
+        thrown.expect(NullPointerException.class);
+        thrown.expectMessage("Metadata is null");
+
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = new MetadataResponse(null);
+        String result = metadataResponse.asString();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void check_asList_success_with_delimiter() throws IOException {
+
+        String response = "sai\ntest";
+
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = new MetadataResponse(response);
+        List<String> result = metadataResponse.asList();
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(2);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void check_asList_success_without_delimiter() throws IOException {
+
+        String response = "test1-test2";
+
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = new MetadataResponse(response);
+        List<String> result = metadataResponse.asList();
+        assertThat(result).hasSize(1);
+
+    }
+    @Test
+    public void check_asList_failure() throws IOException {
+
+        thrown.expect(NullPointerException.class);
+        thrown.expectMessage("Metadata is null");
+
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = new MetadataResponse(null);
+        List<String> result = metadataResponse.asList();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void check_asDocument_failure() throws IOException {
+        thrown.expect(NullPointerException.class);
+        thrown.expectMessage("Metadata is null");
+
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = new MetadataResponse(null);
+        Document document = metadataResponse.asDocument();
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void check_asDocument_success() throws IOException {
+        String jsonResponse = "{"
+                              + "\"instanceType\":\"m1.small\","
+                              + "\"devpayProductCodes\":[\"bar\",\"foo\"]"
+                              + "}";
+
+        MetadataResponse metadataResponse = new MetadataResponse(jsonResponse);
+        Document document = metadataResponse.asDocument();
+        Map<String, Document> expectedMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+
+        List<Document> documentList = new ArrayList<>();
+        documentList.add(Document.fromString("bar"));
+        documentList.add(Document.fromString("foo"));
+
+        expectedMap.put("instanceType", Document.fromString("m1.small"));
+        expectedMap.put("devpayProductCodes", Document.fromList(documentList));
+        Document expectedDocumentMap = Document.fromMap(expectedMap);
+        assertThat(document).isEqualTo(expectedDocumentMap);
+    }
+
+}