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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def request(self, url, method='GET', params=None, data=None, expected_response_code=200, headers=None):
 """Make a HTTP request to the InfluxDB API. :param url: the path of the HTTP request, e.g. write, query, etc. :type url: str :param method: the HTTP method for the request, defaults to GET :type method: str :param params: additional parameters for the request, defaults to None :type params: dict :param data: the data of the request, defaults to None :type data: str :param expected_response_code: the expected response code of the request, defaults to 200 :type expected_response_code: int :param headers: headers to add to the request :type headers: dict :returns: the response from the request :rtype: :class:`requests.Response` :raises InfluxDBServerError: if the response code is any server error code (5xx) :raises InfluxDBClientError: if the response code is not the same as `expected_response_code` and is not a server error code """

        url = "{0}/{1}".format(self._baseurl, url)

        if headers is None:
            headers = self._headers

        if params is None:
            params = {}

        if isinstance(data, (dict, list)):
            data = json.dumps(data)

        # Try to send the request more than once by default (see #103)
        retry = True
        _try = 0
        while retry:
            try:
                response = self._session.request(
                    method=method,
                    url=url,
                    auth=(self._username, self._password),
                    params=params,
                    data=data,
                    headers=headers,
                    proxies=self._proxies,
                    verify=self._verify_ssl,
                    timeout=self._timeout
                )
                break
            except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
                    requests.exceptions.HTTPError,
                    requests.exceptions.Timeout):
                _try += 1
                if self._retries != 0:
                    retry = _try < self._retries
                if method == "POST":
                    time.sleep((2 ** _try) * random.random() / 100.0)
                if not retry:
                    raise
        # if there's not an error, there must have been a successful response
        if 500 <= response.status_code < 600:
            raise InfluxDBServerError(response.content)
        elif response.status_code == expected_response_code:
            return response
        else:
            raise InfluxDBClientError(response.content, response.status_code)