'Send a message to a user.'

def send_message(self, message='', **kwargs):

    data = {'apikey': self._api_key, 'application': 'home-assistant', 'event': kwargs.get(ATTR_TITLE, ATTR_TITLE_DEFAULT), 'description': message, 'priority': 0}
    response = requests.get('{}{}'.format(_RESOURCE, 'notify'), params=data, timeout=5)
    tree = ET.fromstring(response.content)
    if (tree[0].tag == 'error'):
        _LOGGER.exception('Unable    to    perform    request.    Error:    %s', tree[0].text)
