old_contents: import requests
  import json
  from datetime import datetime
  
  
  def _json_serial(obj):
      """JSON serializer for objects not serializable by default json code"""
      if isinstance(obj, datetime):
          serial = obj.isoformat()
          return serial
  
  
  class SwisClient:
      def __init__(self, hostname, username, password, verify=False):
          self.url = "https://{}:17778/SolarWinds/InformationService/v3/Json/".\
                  format(hostname)
          self.credentials = (username, password)
          self.verify = verify
  
      def query(self, query, **params):
          return self._req(
                  "POST",
                  "Query",
                  {'query': query, 'parameters': params}).json()
  
      def invoke(self, entity, verb, *args):
          return self._req(
                  "POST",
                  "Invoke/{}/{}".format(entity, verb), args).json()
  
      def create(self, entity, **properties):
          return self._req(
                  "POST",
                  "Create/" + entity, properties).json()
  
      def read(self, uri):
          return self._req("GET", uri).json()
  
      def update(self, uri, **properties):
          self._req("POST", uri, properties)
  
      def delete(self, uri):
          self._req("DELETE", uri)
  
      def _req(self, method, frag, data=None):
          return requests.request(method, self.url + frag,
                                  data=json.dumps(data, default=_json_serial),
                                  verify=self.verify,
                                  auth=self.credentials,
                                  headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
  
new_contents: import requests
  import json
  from datetime import datetime
  
  
  def _json_serial(obj):
      """JSON serializer for objects not serializable by default json code"""
      if isinstance(obj, datetime):
          serial = obj.isoformat()
          return serial
  
  
  class SwisClient:
      def __init__(self, hostname, username, password, verify=False):
          self.url = "https://{}:17778/SolarWinds/InformationService/v3/Json/".\
                  format(hostname)
          self.credentials = (username, password)
          self.verify = verify
  
      def query(self, query, **params):
          return self._req(
                  "POST",
                  "Query",
                  {'query': query, 'parameters': params}).json()
  
      def invoke(self, entity, verb, *args):
          return self._req(
                  "POST",
                  "Invoke/{}/{}".format(entity, verb), args).json()
  
      def create(self, entity, **properties):
          return self._req(
                  "POST",
                  "Create/" + entity, properties).json()
  
      def read(self, uri):
          return self._req("GET", uri).json()
  
      def update(self, uri, **properties):
          self._req("POST", uri, properties)
  
      def delete(self, uri):
          self._req("DELETE", uri)
  
      def _req(self, method, frag, data=None):
          resp = requests.request(method, self.url + frag,
                                  data=json.dumps(data, default=_json_serial),
                                  verify=self.verify,
                                  auth=self.credentials,
                                  headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'})
          resp.raise_for_status()
          return resp
  
subject: Throw exceptions error responses from server