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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 _perform_call(self, query_url, default_response=None, timeout=10):
 """Returns the raw results from the API"""

        try:
            response = requests.get(query_url, timeout=timeout)
        except socket.timeout:
            current_plugin.logger.warning("Timeout contacting Piwik server")
            return default_response
        except Exception:
            current_plugin.logger.exception("Unable to connect")
            return default_response
        return response.content