private StubbyResponse makeRequest(final StubbyRequest stubbyRequest) throws Exception {
final Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
headers.put(StubRequest.AUTH_HEADER, stubbyRequest.getBase64encodedCredentials());
return new StubbyHttpTransport().getResponse(
stubbyRequest.getMethod(),
stubbyRequest.constructFullUrl(),
stubbyRequest.getPost(),
headers,
stubbyRequest.calculatePostLength());