def api_call(
	environment : str,
	accesstoken : str,
	category : str,
	action : str,
	data,
):
	url = conf_get("url." + environment)
	# input_["lang"] = "de"
	request_headers = {
		"Content-Type": "application/json",
	}
	if (accesstoken is not None):
		request_headers["Cookie"] = ("domrobot=%s" % (accesstoken, ))
	else:
		pass
	request_data_decoded = {
		"method": (category + "." + action),
		"params": data,
	}
	request = {
		"url": url,
		"method": "POST",
		"headers": request_headers,
		"data": _json.dumps(request_data_decoded),
	}
	# log("[>>] %s" % _json.dumps(request, indent = "\t"))
	response = http_call(request)
	# log("[<<] %s" % _json.dumps(response, indent = "\t"))
	if (not (response["status"] == 200)):
		raise ValueError("API call failed with status %u: %s" % (response["status"], response["data"], ))
	else:
		output_data_decoded = _json.loads(response["data"])
		result = (output_data_decoded["resData"] if ("resData" in output_data_decoded) else {})
		if ("Set-Cookie" in response["headers"]):
			result["_accesstoken"] = response["headers"]["Set-Cookie"].split("; ")[0].split("=")[1]
		else:
			pass
		if (output_data_decoded["code"] == 2002):
			raise ValueError("wrong use: %s" % str(output_data_decoded))
		else:
			return result