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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(url_root,api_key,path,response_type,params, ssl_verify):
 """ Helper funcation that requests a get response from FRED. """

    url = _url_builder(url_root,api_key,path,params)
    content = _fetch(url, ssl_verify)
    response = _dispatch(response_type)(content)
    return response