Synology_Abstract::_request PHP Method

    protected function _request($api, $path, $method, $params = array(), $version = null, $httpMethod = 'get')
    {
        if (!is_array($params)) {
            $params = array($params);
        }
        $params['api'] = $this->_getApiName($api);
        $params['version'] = (int) $version > 0 ? (int) $version : $this->_version;
        $params['method'] = $method;
        // create a new cURL resource
        $ch = curl_init();
        if ($httpMethod !== 'post') {
            $url = $this->_getBaseUrl() . $path . '?' . http_build_query($params);
            $this->log($url, 'Requested Url');
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
        } else {
            $url = $this->_getBaseUrl() . $path;
            $this->log($url, 'Requested Url');
            $this->log($params, 'Post Variable');
            // set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, count($params));
            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($params));
        }
        // set URL and other appropriate options
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS, self::CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
        // Verify SSL or not
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, $this->_verifySSL);
        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, $this->_verifySSL);
        // grab URL and pass it to the browser
        $result = curl_exec($ch);
        $info = curl_getinfo($ch);
        curl_close($ch);
        $this->log($info['http_code'], 'Response code');
        if (200 == $info['http_code']) {
            if (preg_match('#(plain|text)#', $info['content_type'])) {
                return $this->_parseRequest($result);
            }
            return $result;
        }
        if ($info['total_time'] >= self::CONNECT_TIMEOUT / 1000) {
            throw new Synology_Exception('Connection Timeout');
        }
        $this->log($result, 'Result');
        throw new Synology_Exception('Connection Error');
    }

 protected function _request($api, $path, $method, $params = array(), $version = null, $httpMethod = 'get')
 {
     if ($this->_authApi->isConnected()) {
         if (!is_array($params)) {
             if (!empty($params)) {
                 $params = array($params);
             } else {
                 $params = array();
             }
         }
         $params['_sid'] = $this->_authApi->getSessionId();
         return parent::_request($api, $path, $method, $params, $version, $httpMethod);
     }
     throw new Synology_Exception('Not Connected');
 }