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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import urllib
+import urllib2
+import simplejson
+import sys
+urlencode = urllib.urlencode
+urlopen = urllib2.urlopen
+Request = urllib2.Request
+
+def request (url, data):
+    headers = {
+        'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT)',
+        'Accept': '*/*'
+        }
+    try:
+        data = urlencode(data)
+        req = Request(url, data, headers)
+        response = urlopen(req)
+        try:
+            thejson = response.read()
+            response = simplejson.loads(thejson)    
+        except ValueError:
+            response = response.read()
+        return response
+    except IOError, e:
+        if hasattr(e, 'code'):
+            print '%s - ERROR %s' % (self.url, e.code)
+            return None
+        else:
+            return response
+