code: def get_item_dicts(self, buckets=None, results=15, start=0,item_ids=None):
          
          kwargs = {}
          kwargs['bucket'] = buckets or []
          kwargs['item_id'] = item_ids or []
          response = self.get_attribute("read", results=results, start=start, **kwargs)
          rval = ResultList(response['catalog']['items'])
          if item_ids:
              rval.start=0;
              rval.total=len(response['catalog']['items'])
          else:
              rval.start = response['catalog']['start']
              rval.total = response['catalog']['total']
          return rval
docs: Returns data from the catalog; also expanded for the requested buckets
  
          Args:
  
          Kwargs:
              buckets (list): A list of strings specifying which buckets to retrieve
  
              results (int): An integer number of results to return
  
              start (int): An integer starting value for the result set
  
          Returns:
              A list of dicts representing objects in the catalog; list has additional attributes 'start' and 'total'
  
          Example:
  
          >>> c
          <catalog - my_songs>
          >>> c.read_items(results=1)
          [
                  {
                      "artist_id": "AR78KRI1187B98E6F2",
                      "artist_name": "Art of Noise",
                      "date_added": "2012-04-02T16:50:02",
                      "foreign_id": "CAHLYLR13674D1CF83:song:1000",
                      "request": {
                          "artist_name": "The Art Of Noise",
                          "item_id": "1000",
                          "song_name": "Love"
                      },
                      "song_id": "SOSBCTO1311AFE7AE0",
                      "song_name": "Love"
                  }
          ]