code: def get_advances_declines(self, as_json=False):
          
          url = self.advances_declines_url
          req = Request(url, None, self.headers)
          # raises URLError or HTTPError
          resp = self.opener.open(req)
          # for py3 compat covert byte file like object to
          # string file like object
          resp = byte_adaptor(resp)
          resp_dict = json.load(resp)
          resp_list = [self.clean_server_response(item)
                       for item in resp_dict['data']]
          return self.render_response(resp_list, as_json)
docs: :return: a list of dictionaries with advance decline data
          :raises: URLError, HTTPError