code: def request_json(link, outfile, force_rerun_flag, outdir=None):
      
      if not outdir:
          outdir = ''
      outfile = op.join(outdir, outfile)
  
      if force_rerun(flag=force_rerun_flag, outfile=outfile):
          text_raw = requests.get(link)
          my_dict = text_raw.json()
          with open(outfile, 'w') as f:
              json.dump(my_dict, f)
  
          log.debug('Loaded and saved {} to {}'.format(link, outfile))
      else:
          with open(outfile, 'r') as f:
              my_dict = json.load(f)
          log.debug('Loaded {}'.format(outfile))
  
      return my_dict
docs: Download a file in JSON format from a web request
  
      Args:
          link: Link to web request
          outfile: Name of output file
          outdir: Directory of output file
          force_rerun_flag: If true, redownload the file
  
      Returns:
          dict: contents of the JSON request