diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/testing/FakeStorageRpc.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/testing/FakeStorageRpc.java
index b1a451e6fcc6..838a092f08d9 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/testing/FakeStorageRpc.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-contrib/google-cloud-nio/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/contrib/nio/testing/FakeStorageRpc.java
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public String open(StorageObject object, Map<Option, ?> options) throws StorageE
   }
 
   @Override
-  public String getUploadId(String signURL) {
+  public String open(String signURL) {
     return null;
   }
 
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobWriteChannel.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobWriteChannel.java
index 306214b65d6b..56acd6ac4546 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobWriteChannel.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobWriteChannel.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class BlobWriteChannel extends BaseWriteChannel<StorageOptions, BlobInfo> {
   }
 
   BlobWriteChannel(StorageOptions options, URL signURL) {
-    this(options, getUploadId(signURL.toString(), options));
+    this(options, open(signURL.toString(), options));
   }
 
   BlobWriteChannel(StorageOptions options, BlobInfo blobInfo, String uploadId) {
@@ -92,13 +92,13 @@ public String call() {
     }
   }
 
-  private static String getUploadId(final String signURL, final StorageOptions options) {
+  private static String open(final String signURL, final StorageOptions options) {
     try {
       return runWithRetries(
           new Callable<String>() {
             @Override
             public String call() {
-              return options.getStorageRpcV1().getUploadId(signURL);
+              return options.getStorageRpcV1().open(signURL);
             }
           },
           options.getRetrySettings(),
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java
index c82f37546d2a..d47d7f59258a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/Storage.java
@@ -22,8 +22,13 @@
 import com.google.api.gax.paging.Page;
 import com.google.auth.ServiceAccountSigner;
 import com.google.auth.ServiceAccountSigner.SigningException;
-import com.google.cloud.*;
+import com.google.cloud.FieldSelector;
 import com.google.cloud.FieldSelector.Helper;
+import com.google.cloud.Policy;
+import com.google.cloud.ReadChannel;
+import com.google.cloud.Service;
+import com.google.cloud.Tuple;
+import com.google.cloud.WriteChannel;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.Acl.Entity;
 import com.google.cloud.storage.spi.v1.StorageRpc;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
@@ -34,7 +39,14 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.security.Key;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/HttpStorageRpc.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/HttpStorageRpc.java
index f22ec53fd6e5..c05a5301d25e 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/HttpStorageRpc.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/HttpStorageRpc.java
@@ -823,7 +823,7 @@ public String open(StorageObject object, Map<Option, ?> options) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public String getUploadId(String signURL) {
+  public String open(String signURL) {
     Span span = startSpan(HttpStorageRpcSpans.SPAN_NAME_OPEN);
     Scope scope = tracer.withSpan(span);
     try {
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/StorageRpc.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/StorageRpc.java
index faaec7824939..6ffd1f5a2ba8 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/StorageRpc.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storage/spi/v1/StorageRpc.java
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ StorageObject compose(
    *
    * @throws StorageException upon failure
    */
-  String getUploadId(String signURL);
+  String open(String signURL);
 
   /**
    * Writes the provided bytes to a storage object at the provided location.
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobWriteChannelTest.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobWriteChannelTest.java
index 7de0b0174654..f44a59b0018c 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobWriteChannelTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/BlobWriteChannelTest.java
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public void testStateEquals() {
 
   @Test
   public void testWriteWithSignURLAndWithoutFlush() throws IOException {
-    expect(storageRpcMock.getUploadId(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
+    expect(storageRpcMock.open(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
     replay(storageRpcMock);
     writer = new BlobWriteChannel(options, new URL(SIGN_URL));
     assertEquals(MIN_CHUNK_SIZE, writer.write(ByteBuffer.allocate(MIN_CHUNK_SIZE)));
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public void testWriteWithSignURLAndWithoutFlush() throws IOException {
 
   @Test
   public void testWriteWithSignURLAndWithFlush() throws IOException {
-    expect(storageRpcMock.getUploadId(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
+    expect(storageRpcMock.open(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
     Capture<byte[]> capturedBuffer = Capture.newInstance();
     storageRpcMock.write(
         eq(UPLOAD_ID), capture(capturedBuffer), eq(0), eq(0L), eq(CUSTOM_CHUNK_SIZE), eq(false));
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ public void testWriteWithSignURLAndWithFlush() throws IOException {
 
   @Test
   public void testWriteWithSignURLAndFlush() throws IOException {
-    expect(storageRpcMock.getUploadId(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
+    expect(storageRpcMock.open(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
     Capture<byte[]> capturedBuffer = Capture.newInstance();
     storageRpcMock.write(
         eq(UPLOAD_ID), capture(capturedBuffer), eq(0), eq(0L), eq(DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE), eq(false));
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public void testWriteWithSignURLAndFlush() throws IOException {
 
   @Test
   public void testCloseWithSignURLWithoutFlush() throws IOException {
-    expect(storageRpcMock.getUploadId(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
+    expect(storageRpcMock.open(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
     Capture<byte[]> capturedBuffer = Capture.newInstance();
     storageRpcMock.write(eq(UPLOAD_ID), capture(capturedBuffer), eq(0), eq(0L), eq(0), eq(true));
     replay(storageRpcMock);
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ public void testCloseWithSignURLWithoutFlush() throws IOException {
 
   @Test
   public void testCloseWithSignURLWithFlush() throws IOException {
-    expect(storageRpcMock.getUploadId(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
+    expect(storageRpcMock.open(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
     Capture<byte[]> capturedBuffer = Capture.newInstance();
     ByteBuffer buffer = randomBuffer(MIN_CHUNK_SIZE);
     storageRpcMock.write(
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public void testCloseWithSignURLWithFlush() throws IOException {
 
   @Test
   public void testWriteWithSignURLClosed() throws IOException {
-    expect(storageRpcMock.getUploadId(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
+    expect(storageRpcMock.open(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
     Capture<byte[]> capturedBuffer = Capture.newInstance();
     storageRpcMock.write(eq(UPLOAD_ID), capture(capturedBuffer), eq(0), eq(0L), eq(0), eq(true));
     replay(storageRpcMock);
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ public void testWriteWithSignURLClosed() throws IOException {
 
   @Test
   public void testSaveAndRestoreWithSignURL() throws IOException {
-    expect(storageRpcMock.getUploadId(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
+    expect(storageRpcMock.open(SIGN_URL)).andReturn(UPLOAD_ID);
     Capture<byte[]> capturedBuffer = Capture.newInstance(CaptureType.ALL);
     Capture<Long> capturedPosition = Capture.newInstance(CaptureType.ALL);
     storageRpcMock.write(
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageImplTest.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageImplTest.java
index 5e9b9032d264..8c2c301b9bfa 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageImplTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-storage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/storage/StorageImplTest.java
@@ -2842,7 +2842,7 @@ public void testRuntimeException() {
 
   @Test
   public void testWriterWithSignURL() throws MalformedURLException {
-    EasyMock.expect(storageRpcMock.getUploadId(SIGN_URL)).andReturn("upload-id");
+    EasyMock.expect(storageRpcMock.open(SIGN_URL)).andReturn("upload-id");
     EasyMock.replay(storageRpcMock);
     initializeService();
     WriteChannel writer = new BlobWriteChannel(options, new URL(SIGN_URL));