public function request($url, array $options = array())
    {
        $options += array(
            'data' => null,
            'timeout' => 30,
            'context' => null,
            'method' => 'GET',
            'headers' => array()
        );

        if ($options['method'] === 'POST' && empty($options['headers'])) {
            $options['headers'] = array('Content-Type' => 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
        }

        if (!empty($options['query'])) {
            $url = strtok($url, '?') . '?' . http_build_query($options['query']);
        }

        return $this->setUri($url)
            ->setHeaders($options['headers'])
            ->setMethod($options['method'])
            ->setData($options['data'])
            ->setTimeOut($options['timeout'])
            ->setContext($options['context'])
            ->setSocket()
            ->exec()
            ->getFormattedResponse();
    }