def _send_request(self, request, access_token=None): hostkey = request.get_host_key() ratecontrol.increment_requests(hostkey) request.access_token = access_token send = self._request_methods[request.method] data = request.data reply = send(request, data.encode('utf-8')) if data is not None else send(request) self._active_requests[reply] = request