def request(self, method, url, query_params=None, headers=None,
                body=None, post_params=None, _preload_content=True,
                _request_timeout=None):
        """Perform requests.

        :param method: http request method
        :param url: http request url
        :param query_params: query parameters in the url
        :param headers: http request headers
        :param body: request json body, for `application/json`
        :param post_params: request post parameters,
                            `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
                            and `multipart/form-data`
        :param _preload_content: if False, the urllib3.HTTPResponse object will
                                 be returned without reading/decoding response
                                 data. Default is True.
        :param _request_timeout: timeout setting for this request. If one
                                 number provided, it will be total request
                                 timeout. It can also be a pair (tuple) of
                                 (connection, read) timeouts.
        """
        method = method.upper()
        assert method in ['GET', 'HEAD', 'DELETE', 'POST', 'PUT',
                          'PATCH', 'OPTIONS']

        if post_params and body:
            raise ApiValueError(
                "body parameter cannot be used with post_params parameter."
            )

        post_params = post_params or {}
        headers = headers or {}
        # url already contains the URL query string
        # so reset query_params to empty dict
        query_params = {}

        timeout = None
        if _request_timeout:
            if isinstance(_request_timeout, (int,float)):  # noqa: E501,F821
                timeout = urllib3.Timeout(total=_request_timeout)
            elif (isinstance(_request_timeout, tuple) and
                  len(_request_timeout) == 2):
                timeout = urllib3.Timeout(
                    connect=_request_timeout[0], read=_request_timeout[1])

        try:
            # For `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `OPTIONS`, `DELETE`
            if method in ['POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'OPTIONS', 'DELETE']:

                # no content type provided or payload is json
                if not headers.get('Content-Type') or re.search('json', headers['Content-Type'], re.IGNORECASE):
                    request_body = None
                    if body is not None:
                        request_body = json.dumps(body, allow_nan=False)
                    r = self.pool_manager.request(
                        method, url,
                        body=request_body,
                        preload_content=_preload_content,
                        timeout=timeout,
                        headers=headers)
                elif headers['Content-Type'] == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded':  # noqa: E501
                    r = self.pool_manager.request(
                        method, url,
                        fields=post_params,
                        encode_multipart=False,
                        preload_content=_preload_content,
                        timeout=timeout,
                        headers=headers)
                elif headers['Content-Type'] == 'multipart/form-data':
                    # must del headers['Content-Type'], or the correct
                    # Content-Type which generated by urllib3 will be
                    # overwritten.
                    del headers['Content-Type']
                    r = self.pool_manager.request(
                        method, url,
                        fields=post_params,
                        encode_multipart=True,
                        preload_content=_preload_content,
                        timeout=timeout,
                        headers=headers)
                # Pass a `string` parameter directly in the body to support
                # other content types than Json when `body` argument is
                # provided in serialized form
                elif isinstance(body, str) or isinstance(body, bytes):
                    request_body = body
                    r = self.pool_manager.request(
                        method, url,
                        body=request_body,
                        preload_content=_preload_content,
                        timeout=timeout,
                        headers=headers)
                else:
                    # Cannot generate the request from given parameters
                    msg = """Cannot prepare a request message for provided
                             arguments. Please check that your arguments match
                             declared content type."""
                    raise ApiException(status=0, reason=msg)
            # For `GET`, `HEAD`
            else:
                r = self.pool_manager.request(method, url,
                                              fields={},
                                              preload_content=_preload_content,
                                              timeout=timeout,
                                              headers=headers)
        except urllib3.exceptions.SSLError as e:
            msg = "{0}\n{1}".format(type(e).__name__, str(e))
            raise ApiException(status=0, reason=msg)

        if _preload_content:
            r = RESTResponse(r)

            # log response body
            logger.debug("response body: %s", r.data)

        if not 200 <= r.status <= 299:
            if r.status == 401:
                raise UnauthorizedException(http_resp=r)

            if r.status == 403:
                raise ForbiddenException(http_resp=r)

            if r.status == 404:
                raise NotFoundException(http_resp=r)

            if 500 <= r.status <= 599:
                raise ServiceException(http_resp=r)

            raise ApiException(http_resp=r)

        return r
Perform requests.

        :param method: http request method
        :param url: http request url
        :param query_params: query parameters in the url
        :param headers: http request headers
        :param body: request json body, for `application/json`
        :param post_params: request post parameters,
                            `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`
                            and `multipart/form-data`
        :param _preload_content: if False, the urllib3.HTTPResponse object will
                                 be returned without reading/decoding response
                                 data. Default is True.
        :param _request_timeout: timeout setting for this request. If one
                                 number provided, it will be total request
                                 timeout. It can also be a pair (tuple) of
                                 (connection, read) timeouts.
        
lightly/openapi_generated/swagger_client/rest.py