def METHOD_NAME(url, uri, params=None, timeout=5):
    method = 'GET'
    if not url.endswith('/'):
        url = '{}/'.format(url)
    url = urljoin(url, uri)
    try:
        response = requests.request(method, url, headers={
            'Content-Type': 'application/json'
        }, params=params, data=None, timeout=timeout)
    except (ConnectionError, RequestException, MaxRetryError):
        raise APIConnectionError('Unable to connect to api_url "{}".'.format(url))
    return response