code: def _get_query(self, query, params):
          
          if "apikey" not in params:
              params["apikey"] = self.api_key
  
          response = requests.get(query, params=params)
          return response.json()
docs: Submit a GET request to the VT API
          :param query: The query (see https://www.virustotal.com/en/documentation/private-api/ for types of queries)
          :param params: parameters of the query
          :return: JSON formatted response from the API