hostapi_request(:post, '/mysql_admin/database',
                :database => 'transient_database',
                :users => [ {:username => 'transient1', :password => 'secret'},
                            {:username => 'transient2', :password => 'secret'} ])


hostapi_request(:delete, '/mysql_admin/database',
                :database => 'transient_database')

def hostapi_request(verb, uri, params = {})
  ...
end