def main():

    ai = apiai.ApiAI(CLIENT_ACCESS_TOKEN)
    request = ai.text_request()

    request.lang = 'de'  # optional, default value equal 'en'

    request.session_id = "<SESSION ID, UNIQUE FOR EACH USER>"
    request.query = "Hello"
    response = request.getresponse()
    print (response.read())

def getresponse(self):
        """Send all data and wait for response.
        """

        if getattr(self._connection, 'sock', None) is None:
            self._connect()

        end = self._prepage_end_request_data()

        if end is not None:
            self.send(end.encode('utf-8'))

        self._beforegetresponce()

        return self._connection.getresponse()