def _get(self, timeout: float=None) -> dict:
    ' Does an http get and returns the results as key/value pairs'
    timeout = (self.timeout if (timeout is None) else timeout)
    self._first_read = True
    r = self._req.get(self._url, timeout=timeout)
    r = (None if (r is None) else r.json())
    return r
Does an http get and returns the results as key/value pairs
def _get(self, timeout: float=None) -> dict:
    ' '
    timeout = (self.timeout if (timeout is None) else timeout)
    self._first_read = True
    r = self._req.get(self._url, timeout=timeout)
    r = (None if (r is None) else r.json())
    return r