def login(self, username=None, password=''):
        """Performs login with the provided credentials"""
        auth = None
        if username is not None:
            # User login
            resp = self._login(username, password, self.client_id, self.client_secret)
            msg = "User Login"
        else:
            # client credentials
            resp = self._client(self.client_id, self.client_secret)
            msg = "Client credentials"
        if resp.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
            auth = resp.json()
            self.session.headers.update({
                'Authorization':
                    ("%s %s" % (auth['token_type'], auth['access_token']))
            })
        else:
            error = {'description': "%s not valid" % msg }
            raise UAAException(error, resp.status_code)
        return auth
Performs login with the provided credentials