docs: def request(self, type, command_list):
          '''
          Send NX-API JSON request to the NX-OS device.
          '''
          req = self._build_request(type, command_list)
          if self.nxargs['connect_over_uds']:
              self.connection.request('POST', req['url'], req['payload'], req['headers'])
              response = self.connection.getresponse()
          else:
              response = self.connection(req['url'],
                                         method='POST',
                                         opts=req['opts'],
                                         data=req['payload'],
                                         header_dict=req['headers'],
                                         decode=True,
                                         decode_type='json',
                                         **self.nxargs)
  
          return self.parse_response(response, command_list)