import requests
import urllib3
# suppress the HTTPS warnings in terminal
urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
# BEGIN
session = requests.Session()
session.verify = False
url = "https://some.url.com?param1=something¶m2=something"
headers = {'content-type': 'application/json', 'Accept-Charset': 'UTF-8'}
# call the HTTP endpoint
httpResult = session.get(url, headers=headers)
print(httpResult.text)
# some extra details
elapsedSeconds = httpResult.elapsed.total_seconds()
statusCode = httpResult.status_code