def METHOD_NAME(self, email_address: str) -> Response:
    return requests.post(
        f"{self.identity_url}/identify",
        headers=self.headers,
        data=multidimensional_urlencode(
            {
                "api_key": self.api_key,
                "identification": json.dumps([{"user_id": email_address}]),
            }
        ),
    )