URI. The 'method' is the HTTP method to perform, such as GET, POST, DELETE, etc. There is no restriction on the methods allowed. The 'body' is the entity body to be sent with the request. It is a string object. Any extra headers that are to be sent with the request should be provided in the 'headers' dictionary. The maximum number of redirect to follow before raising an exception is 'redirections. The default is 5. The return value is a tuple of (response, content), the first being and instance of the 'Response' class, the second being a string that contains the response entity body. rM