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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 _query(server, method, parameters, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, verify_ssl=True):
 """Formats and performs the query against the API. :param server: The MyGeotab server. :type server: str :param method: The method name. :type method: str :param parameters: The parameters to send with the query. :type parameters: dict :param timeout: The timeout to make the call, in seconds. By default, this is 300 seconds (or 5 minutes). :type timeout: float :param verify_ssl: If True, verify the SSL certificate. It's recommended not to modify this. :type verify_ssl: bool :raise MyGeotabException: Raises when an exception occurs on the MyGeotab server. :raise TimeoutException: Raises when the request does not respond after some time. :raise urllib2.HTTPError: Raises when there is an HTTP status code that indicates failure. :return: The JSON-decoded result from the server. """

    api_endpoint = get_api_url(server)
    params = dict(id=-1, method=method, params=parameters or {})
    headers = get_headers()
    with requests.Session() as session:
        session.mount('https://', GeotabHTTPAdapter())
        try:
            response = session.post(api_endpoint,
                                    data=json.dumps(params,
                                                    default=object_serializer),
                                    headers=headers, allow_redirects=True, timeout=timeout,
                                    verify=verify_ssl)
        except Timeout:
            raise TimeoutException(server)
    response.raise_for_status()
    content_type = response.headers.get('Content-Type')
    if content_type and 'application/json' not in content_type.lower():
        return response.text
    return _process(response.json(object_hook=object_deserializer))