    # File lib/fog/ecloud/compute.rb, line 306
            def request(params)
              # Convert the uri to a URI if it's a string.
              if params[:uri].is_a?(String)
                params[:uri] = URI.parse(@host + params[:uri])
              end
              host_url = "#{params[:uri].scheme}://#{params[:uri].host}#{params[:uri].port ? ":#{params[:uri].port}" : ''}"

              # Hash connections on the host_url ... There's nothing to say we won't get URI's that go to
              # different hosts.
              @connections[host_url] ||= Fog::Connection.new(host_url, @persistent, @connection_options)

              # Set headers to an empty hash if none are set.
              headers = set_extra_headers_for(params) || set_extra_headers_for({})

              # Make the request
              options = {
                :expects => (params[:expects] || 200),
                :method  => params[:method] || 'GET',
                :path    => params[:uri].path + "#{"?#{params[:uri].query}" if params[:uri].query}",
                :headers => headers
              }
              unless params[:body].nil? || params[:body].empty?
                options.merge!({:body => params[:body]})
              end
              response = @connections[host_url].request(options)
              # Parse the response body into a hash
              unless response.body.empty?
                if params[:parse]
                  document = Fog::ToHashDocument.new
                  parser = Nokogiri::XML::SAX::PushParser.new(document)
                  parser << response.body
                  parser.finish

                  response.body = document.body
                end
              end

              response
            end