def _http_request(self, base_url, **kwargs):
<EOL>request_params = urlencode(kwargs)<EOL>uri = u'<STR_LIT>' %(base_url, request_params, self._client_key, self._output)<EOL>self.LOG.debug("<STR_LIT>", uri)<EOL>header, response = self._conn.request(uri, method='<STR_LIT:GET>')<EOL>return header, response<EOL>
Perform an HTTP Request using base_url and parameters
given by kwargs. 
Results are expected to be given in JSON format
and are parsed to python data structures.