def _get_status(host, services, zconf, path):
    """
    :param host: Hostname or ip to fetch status from
    :type host: str
    :return: The device status as a named tuple.
    :rtype: pychromecast.dial.DeviceStatus or None
    """

    if not host:
        for service in services.copy():
            service_info = get_info_from_service(service, zconf)
            host, _ = get_host_from_service_info(service_info)
            if host:
                _LOGGER.debug("Resolved service %s to %s", service, host)
                break

    req = CC_SESSION.get(FORMAT_BASE_URL.format(host) + path, timeout=10)

    req.raise_for_status()

    # The Requests library will fall back to guessing the encoding in case
    # no encoding is specified in the response headers - which is the case
    # for the Chromecast.
    # The standard mandates utf-8 encoding, let's fall back to that instead
    # if no encoding is provided, since the autodetection does not always
    # provide correct results.
    if req.encoding is None:
        req.encoding = 'utf-8'

    return req.json()