def METHOD_NAME(self, path, args={}, headers={}):
    # http://www.akleg.gov/apptester.html
    # http://www.akleg.gov/basis/BasisPublicServiceAPI.pdf
    # http://www.legis.state.ak.us/publicservice/basis/meetings?minifyresult=false&session=31
    # X-Alaska-Legislature-Basis-Version:1.2
    # X-Alaska-Legislature-Basis-Query:meetings;details
    headers["X-Alaska-Legislature-Basis-Version"] = "1.2"
    url = "{}{}".format(self.API_BASE, path)
    page = self.get(url, params=args, headers=headers, verify=False)
    page = lxml.etree.fromstring(page.content)
    return page