Do the HTTP Request and return data

def request(url, *args, **kwargs):
    """Do the HTTP Request and return data"""
    method = kwargs.get('method', 'GET')
    timeout = kwargs.pop('timeout', 10)  # hass default timeout
    req = requests.request(method, url, *args, timeout=timeout, **kwargs)
    data = req.json()
    _LOGGER.debug(json.dumps(data))
    return data