def METHOD_NAME(self, endpoint):
    api = os.path.join(self.api_root, endpoint)
    try:
        result = requests.get(api, auth=self.auth, verify=False)
    except Exception as e:
        result = FakeResult()
        result.reason = 'Connection failed. Reason: ' + str(e)
    self.logIfError(result)
    return result