diff --git a/cmd/network.go b/cmd/network.go
index ff306c1..602fe0a 100644
--- a/cmd/network.go
+++ b/cmd/network.go
@@ -228,17 +228,9 @@ func NewAPIRequest(r *Request, api string, args []string, isAsync bool) (map[str
 	config.Debug("NewAPIRequest API request URL:", requestURL)
 
 	var response *http.Response
-	if params.Has("password") || params.Has("userdata") {
-		requestURL = fmt.Sprintf("%s", r.Config.ActiveProfile.URL)
-		response, err = r.Client().PostForm(requestURL, params)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	} else {
-		response, err = r.Client().Get(requestURL)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+	response,err = executeRequest(r, requestURL, params)
+	if (err != nil) {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	config.Debug("NewAPIRequest response status code:", response.StatusCode)
 
@@ -253,17 +245,9 @@ func NewAPIRequest(r *Request, api string, args []string, isAsync bool) (map[str
 		requestURL = fmt.Sprintf("%s?%s", r.Config.ActiveProfile.URL, encodeRequestParams(params))
 		config.Debug("NewAPIRequest API request URL:", requestURL)
 
-		if params.Has("password") || params.Has("userdata") {
-			requestURL = fmt.Sprintf("%s", r.Config.ActiveProfile.URL)
-			response, err = r.Client().PostForm(requestURL, params)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-		} else {
-			response, err = r.Client().Get(requestURL)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
+		response,err = executeRequest(r, requestURL, params)
+		if (err != nil) {
+			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -289,3 +273,13 @@ func NewAPIRequest(r *Request, api string, args []string, isAsync bool) (map[str
 
 	return nil, errors.New("failed to decode response")
 }
+
+// we can implement further conditions to do POST or GET (or other http commands) here
+func executeRequest(r *Request, requestURL string, params url.Values) (*http.Response, error){
+	if params.Has("password") || params.Has("userdata") {
+		requestURL = fmt.Sprintf("%s", r.Config.ActiveProfile.URL)
+		return r.Client().PostForm(requestURL, params)
+	} else {
+		return r.Client().Get(requestURL)
+	}
+}