def _send_offset_fetch_request(self, partitions):
        """Fetch the committed offsets for a set of partitions.

        This is a non-blocking call. The returned future can be polled to get
        the actual offsets returned from the broker.

        Arguments:
            partitions (list of TopicPartition): the partitions to fetch

        Returns:
            Future: resolves to dict of offsets: {TopicPartition: int}
        """
        assert self.config['api_version'] >= (0, 8, 1), 'Unsupported Broker API'
        assert all(map(lambda k: isinstance(k, TopicPartition), partitions))
        if not partitions:
            return Future().success({})

        node_id = self.coordinator()
        if node_id is None:
            return Future().failure(Errors.GroupCoordinatorNotAvailableError)

        # Verify node is ready
        if not self._client.ready(node_id):
            log.debug("Node %s not ready -- failing offset fetch request",
                      node_id)
            return Future().failure(Errors.NodeNotReadyError)

        log.debug("Group %s fetching committed offsets for partitions: %s",
                  self.group_id, partitions)
        # construct the request
        topic_partitions = collections.defaultdict(set)
        for tp in partitions:
            topic_partitions[tp.topic].add(tp.partition)

        if self.config['api_version'] >= (0, 8, 2):
            request = OffsetFetchRequest[1](
                self.group_id,
                list(topic_partitions.items())
            )
        else:
            request = OffsetFetchRequest[0](
                self.group_id,
                list(topic_partitions.items())
            )

        # send the request with a callback
        future = Future()
        _f = self._client.send(node_id, request)
        _f.add_callback(self._handle_offset_fetch_response, future)
        _f.add_errback(self._failed_request, node_id, request, future)
        return future
Fetch the committed offsets for a set of partitions.

        This is a non-blocking call. The returned future can be polled to get
        the actual offsets returned from the broker.

        Arguments:
            partitions (list of TopicPartition): the partitions to fetch

        Returns:
            Future: resolves to dict of offsets: {TopicPartition: int}