def _get_request(self, url, params=None, **kwargs):
        
        ''' a method to catch and report http get request connectivity errors '''
        
    # construct request kwargs
        request_kwargs = {
            'method': 'GET',
            'url': url,
            'params': params
        }
        for key, value in kwargs.items():
            request_kwargs[key] = value

    # send request and handle response
        return self._request(**request_kwargs)
def _get_request ( self , url , params = None , ** kwargs ) : request_kwargs = { 'method' : 'GET' , 'url' : url , 'params' : params } for key , value in kwargs . items ( ) : request_kwargs [ key ] = value return self . _request ( ** request_kwargs )
a method to catch and report http get request connectivity errors