Make a GET request

def get(self, client_method, get_params, is_json=True):
        """Make a GET request"""
        url = self._wa.apollo_url + self.CLIENT_BASE + client_method
        headers = {}

        response = requests.get(url, headers=headers,
                                verify=self.__verify, params=get_params,
                                **self._request_args)
        if response.status_code == 200:
            if is_json:
                data = response.json()
                return self._scrub_data(data)
            else:
                return response.text
        # @see self.body for HTTP response body
        raise Exception("Unexpected response from apollo %s: %s" %
                        (response.status_code, response.text))