docs: def send(self, request):
          """
          Send a SOAP method call
  
          :param request: :class:`suds.transport.Request <suds.transport.Request>` object
          :return: :class:`suds.transport.Reply <suds.transport.Reply>` object
          :rtype: suds.transport.Reply
          """
          url = request.url
          msg = request.message
          headers = request.headers
          logger.debug('Sending SOAP request: %s' % url)
          statsd.incr('soap.send')
          with statsd.timer('soap.send'):
              resp = requests.post(url,
                  proxies=self.proxies(url),
                  timeout=self.send_timeout,
                  data=msg,
                  headers=headers)
          resp.raise_for_status()
          reply = Reply(requests.codes.OK, resp.headers, resp.content)
          return reply