private function do_request( $method, $route, $assoc_args ) {
		if ( 'internal' === $this->scope ) {
			if ( ! defined( 'REST_REQUEST' ) ) {
				define( 'REST_REQUEST', true );
			}
			$request = new \WP_REST_Request( $method, $route );
			if ( in_array( $method, array( 'POST', 'PUT' ) ) ) {
				$request->set_body_params( $assoc_args );
			} else {
				foreach ( $assoc_args as $key => $value ) {
					$request->set_param( $key, $value );
				}
			}
			if ( defined( 'SAVEQUERIES' ) && SAVEQUERIES ) {
				$original_queries = is_array( $GLOBALS['wpdb']->queries ) ? array_keys( $GLOBALS['wpdb']->queries ) : array();
			}
			$response = rest_do_request( $request );
			if ( defined( 'SAVEQUERIES' ) && SAVEQUERIES ) {
				$performed_queries = array();
				foreach ( (array) $GLOBALS['wpdb']->queries as $key => $query ) {
					if ( in_array( $key, $original_queries ) ) {
						continue;
					}
					$performed_queries[] = $query;
				}
				usort(
					$performed_queries,
					function( $a, $b ) {
						if ( $a[1] === $b[1] ) {
							return 0;
						}
						return ( $a[1] > $b[1] ) ? -1 : 1;
					}
				);

				$query_count      = count( $performed_queries );
				$query_total_time = 0;
				foreach ( $performed_queries as $query ) {
					$query_total_time += $query[1];
				}
				$slow_query_message = '';
				if ( $performed_queries && 'rest' === \WP_CLI::get_config( 'debug' ) ) {
					$slow_query_message .= '. Ordered by slowness, the queries are:' . PHP_EOL;
					foreach ( $performed_queries as $i => $query ) {
						$i++;
						$bits                = explode( ', ', $query[2] );
						$backtrace           = implode( ', ', array_slice( $bits, 13 ) );
						$seconds             = round( $query[1], 6 );
						$slow_query_message .= <<<EOT
{$i}:
  - {$seconds} seconds
  - {$backtrace}
  - {$query[0]}
EOT;
						$slow_query_message .= PHP_EOL;
					}
				} elseif ( 'rest' !== \WP_CLI::get_config( 'debug' ) ) {
					$slow_query_message = '. Use --debug=rest to see all queries.';
				}
				$query_total_time = round( $query_total_time, 6 );
				\WP_CLI::debug( "REST command executed {$query_count} queries in {$query_total_time} seconds{$slow_query_message}", 'rest' );
			}
			if ( $error = $response->as_error() ) {
				\WP_CLI::error( $error );
			}
			return array( $response->get_status(), $response->get_data(), $response->get_headers() );
		} elseif ( 'http' === $this->scope ) {
			$headers = array();
			if ( ! empty( $this->auth ) && 'basic' === $this->auth['type'] ) {
				$headers['Authorization'] = 'Basic ' . base64_encode( $this->auth['username'] . ':' . $this->auth['password'] );
			}
			if ( 'OPTIONS' === $method ) {
				$method                = 'GET';
				$assoc_args['_method'] = 'OPTIONS';
			}
			$response = \WP_CLI\Utils\http_request( $method, rtrim( $this->api_url, '/' ) . $route, $assoc_args, $headers );
			$body     = json_decode( $response->body, true );
			if ( $response->status_code >= 400 ) {
				if ( ! empty( $body['message'] ) ) {
					\WP_CLI::error( $body['message'] . ' ' . json_encode( array( 'status' => $response->status_code ) ) );
				} else {
					switch ( $response->status_code ) {
						case 404:
							\WP_CLI::error( "No {$this->name} found." );
							break;
						default:
							\WP_CLI::error( 'Could not complete request.' );
							break;
					}
				}
			}
			return array( $response->status_code, json_decode( $response->body, true ), $response->headers->getAll() );
		}
		\WP_CLI::error( 'Invalid scope for REST command.' );
	}