def acquire(self):
        if self.lock:
            self.lock.acquire()
encode a dictionary of URL parameters (including iterables) as utf-8
dataset/ETHPy150Open deanhiller/databus/webapp/play1.3.x/python/Lib/logging/__init__.py/Handler.acquire--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open bitly/bitly-api-python/bitly_api/bitly_api.py/_utf8_params