_request

Core method that sends HTTP requests to the Stripe API, handling authentication, retries, streaming, and response processing.

// Source: https://github.com/stripe/stripe-node | License: MIT | Copyright 2011 Ask Bjørn Hansen
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  _request(
    method: string,
    host: string | null,
    path: string,
    data: RequestData | null,
    authenticator: RequestAuthenticator | null,
    options: InternalRequestOptions,
    usage: Array<string> = [],
    callback: RequestCallback,
    requestDataProcessor: RequestDataProcessor | null = null
  ): void {
    let requestData: string | Uint8Array;
    authenticator = authenticator ?? this._stripe._authenticator;
    const apiMode: ApiMode = getAPIMode(path);
    const retryRequest = (
      requestFn: typeof makeRequest,
      apiVersion: string,
      headers: RequestHeaders,
      requestRetries: number
    ): 

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