def __request(self, url, params):
"""
Make an HTTP POST request to the server and return JSON data.
:param url: HTTP URL to object.
:returns: Response as dict.
"""
log.debug("request: %s %s" % (url, str(params)))
try:
response = urlopen(url, urlencode(params)).read()
if params.get("action") != "data":
log.debug("response: %s" % response)
if params.get("action", None) == "data":
return response
else:
return json.loads(response)
except TypeError, e:
log.exception("request error")
raise ServerError(e)
