request.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

import requests

def _make_http_request_retard(url, payload: dict, method='GET'):
    payload_str = "&".join("%s=%s" % (k, v) for k, v in payload.items())
    response = requests.request(method, url, params=payload_str)
    return response.content

snapclone_api_url = "http://127.0.0.1:5555/SnapshotCloneService"
snapclone_api_version = "2018-01-01"
  
create_payload = dict(Action="CreateSnapshot",
                      Version=napclone_api_version,
                      User="username",
                      File="/image",
                      Name="image@snap0")

create_resp = _make_http_request_retard(
    snapclone_api_url, 
    create_payload,
)