code: def request(self, command, **kwargs):
          
          url = self.base + command.replace("_", "-")
  
          req = urllib2.Request(url, json.dumps(kwargs))
          req.add_header("User-Agent", "oxdpython/%s" % __version__)
          req.add_header("Content-type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8")
  
  
          # add the protection token if available
          if self.access_token:
              req.add_header("Authorization",
                             "Bearer {0}".format(self.access_token))
  
          gcontext = ssl.SSLContext(ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
          resp = urllib2.urlopen(req, context=gcontext)
  
          return json.load(resp)
docs: Function that builds the request and returns the response
  
          Parameters:
              * **command (str):** The command that has to be sent to the oxd-server
              * ** **kwargs:** The parameters that should accompany the request
  
          Returns:
              **dict:** the returned response from oxd-server as a dictionary