code: def _get_status(host, services, zconf, path):
      
  
      if not host:
          for service in services.copy():
              service_info = get_info_from_service(service, zconf)
              host, _ = get_host_from_service_info(service_info)
              if host:
                  _LOGGER.debug("Resolved service %s to %s", service, host)
                  break
  
      req = CC_SESSION.get(FORMAT_BASE_URL.format(host) + path, timeout=10)
  
      req.raise_for_status()
  
      # The Requests library will fall back to guessing the encoding in case
      # no encoding is specified in the response headers - which is the case
      # for the Chromecast.
      # The standard mandates utf-8 encoding, let's fall back to that instead
      # if no encoding is provided, since the autodetection does not always
      # provide correct results.
      if req.encoding is None:
          req.encoding = 'utf-8'
  
      return req.json()
docs: :param host: Hostname or ip to fetch status from
      :type host: str
      :return: The device status as a named tuple.
      :rtype: pychromecast.dial.DeviceStatus or None