def _request(self, method, *relative_path_parts, **kwargs):
uri = self._create_api_uri(*relative_path_parts)<EOL>response = get(uri, params=kwargs.get('<STR_LIT>', None))<EOL>return self._handle_response(response).json()<EOL>
Sends an HTTP request to the REST API and receives the requested data.

        :param str method: HTTP method name
        :param relative_path_parts: the relative paths for the request URI
        :param kwargs: argument keywords
        :returns: requested data
        :raises APIError: for non-2xx responses