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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

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)