old_contents: import requests
  
  
  def basic_auth_request(method, url, token=None, payload=None):
      """
      make a request using basic authorization
      :param method: [GET, POST, PUT, DELETE ...]
      :param url:
      :param token: basic authentication token
      :param payload: post body
      :return:
      """
      request_kwargs = {}
      if token is not None:
          request_kwargs["headers"] = {"Authorization": "Basic {0}".format(token)}
      if payload is not None:
          request_kwargs["json"] = payload
      return requests.request(method, url, **request_kwargs)
  
new_contents: import requests
  
  
  def basic_auth_request(method, url, token=None, payload=None, params=None):
      """
      make a request using basic authorization
      :param method: [GET, POST, PUT, DELETE ...]
      :param url:
      :param token: basic authentication token
      :param payload: post body
      :param params: Dictionary or bytes to be sent in the query string
      :return:
      """
      request_kwargs = {}
      if token is not None:
          request_kwargs["headers"] = {"Authorization": "Basic {0}".format(token)}
      if payload is not None:
          request_kwargs["json"] = payload
      if params is not None:
          request_kwargs["params"] = params
      return requests.request(method, url, **request_kwargs)
  
subject: add query params