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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_json(self, path, params=None, base=JIRA_BASE_URL, ):
 """Get the json for a given path and params. :param path: The subpath required :type path: str :param params: Parameters to filter the json query. :type params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] :param base: The Base JIRA URL, defaults to the instance base. :type base: Optional[str] :rtype: Union[Dict[str, Any], List[Dict[str, str]]] """

        url = self._get_url(path, base)
        r = self._session.get(url, params=params)
        try:
            r_json = json_loads(r)
        except ValueError as e:
            logging.error("%s\n%s" % (e, r.text))
            raise e
        return r_json