Generates an eAPI request object

        This method will take a list of EOS commands and generate a valid
        eAPI request object form them.  The eAPI request object is then
        JSON encoding and returned to the caller.

        eAPI Request Object

        .. code-block:: json

            {
                "jsonrpc": "2.0",
                "method": "runCmds",
                "params": {
                    "version": 1,
                    "cmds": [
                        <commands>
                    ],
                    "format": [json, text],
                }
                "id": <reqid>
            }

        Args:
            commands (list): A list of commands to include in the eAPI
                request object
            encoding (string): The encoding method passed as the `format`
                parameter in the eAPI request
            reqid (string): A custom value to assign to the request ID
                field.  This value is automatically generated if not passed
            **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments for expanded eAPI
                functionality. Only supported eAPI params are used in building
                the request

        Returns:
            A JSON encoding request structure that can be send over eAPI

def request(self, commands, encoding=None, reqid=None, **kwargs):
        """Generates an eAPI request object

        This method will take a list of EOS commands and generate a valid
        eAPI request object form them.  The eAPI request object is then
        JSON encoding and returned to the caller.

        eAPI Request Object

        .. code-block:: json

            {
                "jsonrpc": "2.0",
                "method": "runCmds",
                "params": {
                    "version": 1,
                    "cmds": [
                        <commands>
                    ],
                    "format": [json, text],
                }
                "id": <reqid>
            }

        Args:
            commands (list): A list of commands to include in the eAPI
                request object
            encoding (string): The encoding method passed as the `format`
                parameter in the eAPI request
            reqid (string): A custom value to assign to the request ID
                field.  This value is automatically generated if not passed
            **kwargs: Additional keyword arguments for expanded eAPI
                functionality. Only supported eAPI params are used in building
                the request

        Returns:
            A JSON encoding request structure that can be send over eAPI

        """
        commands = make_iterable(commands)
        reqid = id(self) if reqid is None else reqid
        params = {'version': 1, 'cmds': commands, 'format': encoding}
        if 'autoComplete' in kwargs:
            params['autoComplete'] = kwargs['autoComplete']
        if 'expandAliases' in kwargs:
            params['expandAliases'] = kwargs['expandAliases']
        return json.dumps({'jsonrpc': '2.0', 'method': 'runCmds',
                           'params': params, 'id': str(reqid)})