docs: def _get_json(self,
                    path,
                    params=None,
                    base=JIRA_BASE_URL,
                    ):
          """Get the json for a given path and params.
  
          :param path: The subpath required
          :type path: str
          :param params: Parameters to filter the json query.
          :type params: Optional[Dict[str, Any]]
          :param base: The Base JIRA URL, defaults to the instance base.
          :type base: Optional[str]
  
          :rtype: Union[Dict[str, Any], List[Dict[str, str]]]
  
          """
          url = self._get_url(path, base)
          r = self._session.get(url, params=params)
          try:
              r_json = json_loads(r)
          except ValueError as e:
              logging.error("%s\n%s" % (e, r.text))
              raise e
          return r_json