example-dd-http-call.py

def doHttpRequest(self, verb, url, headers=None, data=None):
  options = {}
  if headers:
      options["headers"] = headers
  if data:
      options["data"] = data

  try:
      r = self.http._request(verb.lower(), url, options)
      r.raise_for_status()
  except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
      msg = "request error: {}".format(e)
      self.log.error(msg)
      self.service_check(self.service_check_name, 2, message=msg, tags=self.tags)
      return None
  except Exception as e:
      msg = "request error: {}".format(e)
      self.log.error(msg)
      self.service_check(self.service_check_name, 2, message=msg, tags=self.tags)
      return None
  return r