Make request to the server and parse response

def request(self, method, resource, params=None):
        """
            Make request to the server and parse response
        """

        url = self.get_url(resource, params)

        # headers

        headers = {
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        }

        auth = requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(self.username, self.password)

        # request

        log.info('Request to %s. Data: %s' % (url, params))

        response = requests.request(method, url, data=json.dumps(params), headers=headers, auth=auth)
        response.raise_for_status()

        # response

        log.info('Response from %s: %s' % (url, response.text))
        content = response.json()

        self.parse_status(content.get('status'))

        return content