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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_response(self, endpoint, query, is_post=False):
 """Returns response or False in event of failure"""

        timeout_secs = self._settings.get('timeout', 10)
        headers = self._settings.get('request_headers', {})
        try:
            if is_post:
                response = requests.post(
                    endpoint, data=query, headers=headers, timeout=timeout_secs)
            else:
                response = requests.get(
                    endpoint, params=query, headers=headers, timeout=timeout_secs)
        except requests.exceptions.Timeout as e:
            raise Exception(
                'API request timed out after %s seconds.' % timeout_secs)
        except Exception as e:
            raise e

        if response.status_code != 200:
            raise Exception('Received status code %s from %s. Content is:\n%s'
                            % (response.status_code,
                               self.get_service_name(),
                               response.text))
        return response