code: function _makeRequest (request_query, cb) {
    https.get(request_query, function(res) {
        var data = [];
        res
        .on('data', function(chunk) { data.push(chunk); })
        .on('end', function() {
            var dataBuff = data.join('').trim();
            var result;
            try {
              result = JSON.parse(dataBuff);
            } catch (exp) {
              result = {'status_code': 500, 'status_text': 'JSON Parse Failed'};
            }
            cb(null, result);
        });
    })
    .on('error', function(e) {
        cb(e);
    });
  }
docs: /* Request Utility Functions