code: def _get_object_by_name(self, object_endpoint, object_name, timeout=None):
          
          timeout = timeout or self._timeout
          resp = self._get(self._u(object_endpoint, object_name),
                           session=self._session, timeout=timeout)
          resp.raise_for_status()
          return resp.json()
docs: generic function to get object (metadata, tag, ) by name from SignalFx.
  
          Args:
              object_endpoint (string): API endpoint suffix (e.g. 'v2/tag')
              object_name (string): name of the object (e.g. 'jvm.cpu.load')
  
          Returns:
              dictionary of response