def api_build_request(self, resource_obj, request_object, owners=None):
        """ """
        #
        # initialize vars
        #
        obj_list = []
        if owners is None or not owners:
            owners = [self._api_org]  # set owners to default org
        else:
            owners = list(owners)  # get copy of owners list for pop
        count = len(owners)
        modified_since = None
        request_payload = {}
        result_start = 0
        result_remaining = 0

        #
        # resource object values
        #
        body = request_object.body
        content_type = request_object.content_type
        http_method = request_object.http_method
        owner_allowed = request_object.owner_allowed
        resource_pagination = request_object.resource_pagination
        resource_type = request_object.resource_type
        request_uri = request_object.request_uri

        #
        # ReportEntry (create a report entry for this request)
        #
        report_entry = ReportEntry()
        report_entry.set_action(request_object.name)
        report_entry.set_resource_type(resource_obj.resource_type)
        report_entry.add_data({'HTTP Method': http_method})
        report_entry.add_data({'Max Results': self._api_max_results})
        report_entry.add_data({'Owners': str(owners)})
        report_entry.add_data({'Owner Allowed': owner_allowed})
        report_entry.add_data({'Request URI': request_uri})
        report_entry.add_data({'Request Body': body})
        report_entry.add_data({'Resource Pagination': resource_pagination})
        report_entry.add_data({'Resource Type': resource_type})

        #
        # debug
        #
        self.tcl.debug('Action: {0}'.format(request_object.name))
        self.tcl.debug('Resource Type: {0}'.format(resource_obj.resource_type))
        self.tcl.debug('HTTP Method: {0}'.format(http_method))
        self.tcl.debug('Max Results: {0}'.format(self._api_max_results))
        self.tcl.debug('Owners: {0}'.format(str(owners)))
        self.tcl.debug('Owner Allowed: {0}'.format(owner_allowed))
        self.tcl.debug('Request URI: {0}'.format(request_uri))
        self.tcl.debug('Request Body: {0}'.format(body))
        self.tcl.debug('Resource Pagination: {0}'.format(resource_pagination))
        self.tcl.debug('Resource Type: {0}'.format(resource_type))

        # TODO: what would happen if this was always set to request object value?
        if resource_type.name in [
                'INDICATORS', 'ADDRESSES', 'EMAIL_ADDRESSES', 'FILES', 'HOSTS', 'URLS']:

            # TODO: find a cleaner way
            if not re.findall('bulk', request_uri):
                modified_since = resource_obj.get_modified_since()

        # update resource object with max results
        # ???moved to report resource_obj.set_max_results(self._api_max_results)

        # append uri to resource object
        # ???moved to report resource_obj.add_uris(request_uri)

        # iterate through all owners and results
        if owner_allowed or resource_pagination:
            # DEBUG

            if modified_since is not None:
                request_payload['modifiedSince'] = modified_since
                # ReportEntry
                report_entry.add_data({'Modified Since': modified_since})

            # if request_object.owner_allowed:
            #     # if len(list(request_object.owners)) > 0:
            #     # owners = list(request_object.owners)
            #     count = len(owners)

            for x in xrange(count):
                retrieve_data = True

                # only add_obj owner parameter if owners is allowed
                if owner_allowed:
                    owner = owners.pop(0)
                    request_payload['owner'] = owner

                    # DEBUG
                    self.tcl.debug('owner: %s', owner)
                    self.tcl.debug('request_payload: %s', request_payload)

                # only add_obj result parameters if resource_pagination is allowed
                if resource_pagination:
                    result_limit = int(self._api_max_results)
                    result_remaining = result_limit
                    result_start = 0

                while retrieve_data:
                    # set retrieve data to False to prevent loop for non paginating request
                    retrieve_data = False

                    # only add_obj result parameters if resource_pagination is allowed
                    if request_object.resource_pagination:
                        request_payload['resultLimit'] = result_limit
                        request_payload['resultStart'] = result_start

                        # DEBUG
                        self.tcl.debug('result_limit: %s', result_limit)
                        self.tcl.debug('result_start: %s', result_start)

                    #
                    # api request
                    #
                    api_response = self._api_request(
                        request_uri, request_payload=request_payload, http_method=http_method, body=body)
                    api_response.encoding = 'utf-8'

                    # ReportEntry
                    report_entry.set_status_code(api_response.status_code)
                    report_entry.add_request_url(api_response.url)

                    # break is status is not valid
                    if api_response.status_code not in [200, 201, 202]:
                        # ReportEntry
                        report_entry.set_status('Failure')
                        report_entry.set_status_code(api_response.status_code)
                        report_entry.add_data({'Failure Message': api_response.content})
                        # Logging
                        resource_obj.add_error_message(ErrorCodes.e80000.value.format(api_response.content))
                        break

                    #
                    # CSV Special Case
                    #
                    if re.findall('bulk/csv$', request_object.request_uri):
                        obj_list.extend(
                            self._api_process_response_csv(resource_obj, api_response.content))
                        break

                    #
                    # parse response
                    #
                    api_response_dict = api_response.json()
                    resource_obj.current_url = api_response.url

                    # update group object with api response data
                    resource_obj.add_api_response(api_response.content)
                    resource_obj.add_status_code(api_response.status_code)
                    # resource_obj.add_error_message(api_response.content)

                    #
                    # bulk indicators
                    #

                    # indicator response has no status so it must come first
                    if 'indicator' in api_response_dict:

                        #
                        # process response
                        #
                        obj_list.extend(self._api_process_response(
                            resource_obj, api_response, request_object))

                    #
                    # non Success status
                    #
                    elif api_response_dict['status'] != 'Success':
                        # ReportEntry
                        report_entry.set_status(api_response_dict['status'])
                        report_entry.add_data(
                            {'Failure Message': api_response_dict['message']})

                    #
                    # normal response
                    #
                    elif 'data' in api_response_dict:
                        # ReportEntry
                        report_entry.set_status(api_response_dict['status'])

                        # update resource object
                        resource_obj.add_status(ApiStatus[api_response_dict['status'].upper()])

                        #
                        # process response
                        #
                        obj_list.extend(self._api_process_response(
                            resource_obj, api_response, request_object))

                        # add_obj resource_pagination if required
                        if request_object.resource_pagination:
                            # get the number of results returned by the api
                            if result_start == 0:
                                result_remaining = api_response_dict['data']['resultCount']

                            result_remaining -= result_limit

                            # flip retrieve data flag if there are more results to pull
                            if result_remaining > 0:
                                retrieve_data = True

                            # increment the start position
                            result_start += result_limit
                    else:
                        resource_obj.add_error_message(api_response.content)

        elif content_type == 'application/octet-stream':
            #
            # api request
            #
            api_response = self._api_request(
                request_uri, request_payload={}, http_method=http_method,
                body=body, content_type=content_type)

            # ReportEntry
            report_entry.set_status_code(api_response.status_code)
            report_entry.add_request_url(api_response.url)

            if api_response.status_code not in [200, 201, 202]:
                # ReportEntry
                report_entry.set_status('Failure')
                report_entry.add_data({'Failure Message': api_response.content})
                # Logging
                self.tcl.critical(ErrorCodes.e80000.value.format(api_response.content))
                raise RuntimeError(ErrorCodes.e90001.value)
            else:
                report_entry.set_status('Success')

            return api_response.content
        else:
            #
            # api request
            #
            api_response = self._api_request(
                request_uri, request_payload={}, http_method=http_method, body=body)
            api_response.encoding = 'utf-8'
            if 'content-type' in api_response.headers:
                content_type = api_response.headers['content-type']

            # ReportData
            report_entry.set_status_code(api_response.status_code)
            report_entry.add_request_url(api_response.url)

            # break is status is not valid
            if api_response.status_code not in [200, 201, 202]:
                if api_response.status_code == 404:
                    # failure_message = api_response.json()['message']
                    failure_message = api_response.content
                else:
                    failure_message = api_response.content
                # ReportEntry
                report_entry.set_status('Failure')
                report_entry.add_data({'Failure Message': failure_message})
                # Logging
                self.tcl.critical(ErrorCodes.e80000.value.format(api_response.content))
                raise RuntimeError(ErrorCodes.e90001.value)
            elif content_type == "text/plain":
                # signature download
                return api_response.content
            else:
                api_response_dict = api_response.json()
                resource_obj.current_url = api_response.url

                # ReportEntry
                report_entry.set_status(api_response_dict['status'])

                # update group object with api response data
                resource_obj.add_api_response(api_response.content)
                resource_obj.add_status_code(api_response.status_code)
                resource_obj.add_status(ApiStatus[api_response_dict['status'].upper()])

                # no need to process data for deletes or if no data exists
                if http_method != 'DELETE' and 'data' in api_response_dict:
                    #
                    # process response
                    #
                    processed_data = self._api_process_response(
                        resource_obj, api_response, request_object)

                    obj_list.extend(processed_data)

        # ReportData
        report_entry.add_data({'Result Count': len(obj_list)})

        # Report
        self.report.add_unfiltered_results(len(obj_list))
        self.report.add(report_entry)

        return obj_list