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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):
 """Make a http request to API."""

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

        if params is None:
            params = {}

        auth = {
            'u': self._username,
            'p': self._password
        }

        params.update(auth)

        if data is not None and not isinstance(data, str):
            data = json.dumps(data)

        retry = True
        _try = 0
        # Try to send the request more than once by default (see #103)
        while retry:
            try:
                response = session.request(
                    method=method,
                    url=url,
                    params=params,
                    data=data,
                    headers=self._headers,
                    verify=self._verify_ssl,
                    timeout=self._timeout
                )
                break
            except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,
                    requests.exceptions.Timeout):
                _try += 1
                if self._retries != 0:
                    retry = _try < self._retries
        else:
            raise requests.exceptions.ConnectionError

        if response.status_code == expected_response_code:
            return response
        else:
            raise InfluxDBClientError(response.content, response.status_code)