docs: def get_url(self, path):
          """Construct a full url to the v3alpha API given a specific path
  
          :param path:
          :return: url
          """
          host = ('[' + self.host + ']' if (self.host.find(':') != -1)
                  else self.host)
          base_url = self.protocol + '://' + host + ':' + str(self.port)
          return base_url + '/v3alpha/' + path.lstrip("/")