def _get_newsfeeds(self, uri, detail_level = None):
		'''General purpose function to get newsfeeds
		Args:
			uri 			uri for the feed base
			detail_level 	arguments for req str ['ALL', 'CONDENSED']
			return 			list of feed dicts parse at your convenience
		'''
		if detail_level:
			if detail_level not in ['ALL', 'CONDENSED']:
				return requests.codes.bad_request, {'success' : 'False', 
												'error': 'detailLevel needs to be provided and field_type needs to be \'ALL\' or \'CONDENSED\''}
			uri +=  self.detail_level_suffix + detail_level
		return self._req('get', uri)