docs: def find_parent_id_for_component(self, slug):
          """
          Given the slug of a description, returns the parent description's slug.
  
          :param string slug: The slug of a description.
          :return: The URL of the parent record.
          :rtype: string
          """
          response = self.get_record(slug)
  
          if "parent" in response:
              return response["parent"]
          # resource was passed in, which has no higher-up record;
          # return the same ID
          else:
              return slug