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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, method, url, params=None, files=None):
 """Common handler for all HTTP requests."""

        if not params:
            params = {}
        params['apiKey'] = self.api_key

        headers = {
            'User-Agent': self.user_agent,
            'Accept': 'application/json'
        }

        try:
            if self.debug:
                print(method + ' ' + url)
                print(params)

            response = requests.request(method=method, url=self.host + url, params=params, files=files, headers=headers,
                                        timeout=self.timeout, verify=self.verify_ssl, cert=self.cert)

            if self.debug:
                print(response.status_code)
                print(response.text)

            try:
                json_response = response.json()

                message = json_response['message']
                success = json_response['success']
                response_code = json_response['responseCode']
                data = json_response['object']

                return ThreadFixResponse(message=message, success=success, response_code=response_code, data=data)
            except ValueError:
                return ThreadFixResponse(message='JSON response could not be decoded.', success=False)
        except requests.exceptions.SSLError:
            return ThreadFixResponse(message='An SSL error occurred.', success=False)
        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
            return ThreadFixResponse(message='A connection error occurred.', success=False)
        except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
            return ThreadFixResponse(message='The request timed out after ' + str(self.timeout) + ' seconds.',
                                     success=False)
        except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
            return ThreadFixResponse(message='There was an error while handling the request.', success=False)