Start a new thread timer to keep the keep_alive_function running
        every keep_alive seconds.

def _run_keep_alive(self):
        """
        Start a new thread timer to keep the keep_alive_function running
        every keep_alive seconds.
        """
        threading.Timer(self._keep_alive, self._run_keep_alive).start()
        _LOGGER.info("Polling the API")
        # This may or may not return something
        self._keep_alive_function()