How to use the qualysapi.api_methods.api_methods function in qualysapi

def __init__(self, auth, server='qualysapi.qualys.com', proxies=None, max_retries=3):
        # Read username & password from file, if possible.
        self.auth = auth
        # Remember QualysGuard API server.
        self.server = server
        # Remember rate limits per call.
        self.rate_limit_remaining = defaultdict(int)
        # api_methods: Define method algorithm in a dict of set.
        # Naming convention: api_methods[api_version optional_blah] due to api_methods_with_trailing_slash testing.
        self.api_methods = qualysapi.api_methods.api_methods
        #
        # Keep track of methods with ending slashes to autocorrect user when they forgot slash.
        self.api_methods_with_trailing_slash = qualysapi.api_methods.api_methods_with_trailing_slash
        self.proxies = proxies
        logger.debug('proxies = \n%s' % proxies)
        # Set up requests max_retries.
        logger.debug('max_retries = \n%s' % max_retries)
        self.session = requests.Session()
        http_max_retries = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=max_retries)
        https_max_retries = requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter(max_retries=max_retries)
        self.session.mount('http://', http_max_retries)
        self.session.mount('https://', https_max_retries)