code: def _request_parsed_article_from_mercury(
              self,
              url):
          
          self.log.debug(
              'completed the ````_request_parsed_article_from_mercury`` method')
  
          try:
              response = requests.get(
                  url="https://mercury.postlight.com/parser",
                  params={
                      "url": url,
                  },
                  headers={
                      "x-api-key": self.settings["mercury api key"],
                  },
              )
  
          except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
              print('HTTP Request failed')
  
          self.log.debug(
              'completed the ``_request_parsed_article_from_mercury`` method')
          return response
docs: * request parsed article from mercury*
  
          **Key Arguments:**
              - ``url`` -- the URL to the HTML page to parse and clean
  
          **Return:**
              - None
  
          **Usage:**
              ..  todo::
  
                  - add usage info
                  - create a sublime snippet for usage
                  - update package tutorial if needed
  
              .. code-block:: python 
  
                  usage code