@staticmethod
def _getClass(session, aciClass):
    """
        Get the class from the APIC

        :param session: Session object instance
        :param aciClass: string containing classname
        :return: JSON dictionary containing class instances
        """
    prefix = '/api/node/class/'
    suffix = '.json?query-target=self'
    class_query_url = prefix + aciClass + suffix
    ret = session.get(class_query_url)
    data = ret.json()['imdata']
    return data
