code: def _perform_call(self, query_url, default_response=None, timeout=10):
          
          try:
              response = requests.get(query_url, timeout=timeout)
          except socket.timeout:
              current_plugin.logger.warning("Timeout contacting Piwik server")
              return default_response
          except Exception:
              current_plugin.logger.exception("Unable to connect")
              return default_response
          return response.content
docs: Returns the raw results from the API