code: def fetch(self, recursive=1, exclude_children=False, exclude_back_refs=False):
          
          if not self.path.is_resource and not self.path.is_uuid:
              self.check()
          params = {}
          # even if the param is False the API will exclude resources
          if exclude_children:
              params['exclude_children'] = True
          if exclude_back_refs:
              params['exclude_back_refs'] = True
          data = self.session.get_json(self.href, **params)[self.type]
          self.from_dict(data)
          return self
docs: Fetch resource from the API server
  
          :param recursive: level of recursion for fetching resources
          :type recursive: int
          :param exclude_children: don't get children references
          :type exclude_children: bool
          :param exclude_back_refs: don't get back_refs references
          :type exclude_back_refs: bool
  
          :rtype: Resource