Use a SwitchControllerRequest object instead of python argument mapping

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Proposed changes

Using a SwitchControllerRequest object instead of python argument mapping to a request object. This permits to be more "forward" compatible in case of future API changes that would break the current call if new parameters would be added (or changed place)

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• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)

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