Get the current maximum item number
        :return: The current maximum item number.

def get_max_item(self):
        """
        Get the current maximum item number
        :return: The current maximum item number.
        """
        suburl = "v0/maxitem.json"
        try:
            max_item = self._make_request(suburl)
        except requests.HTTPError as e:
            hn_logger.exception('Faulted on get max item, with status {}'.format(e.errno))
            raise e
        return max_item