import requests
from flask import current_app


def get_json(url, params=None, timeout_key="HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS"):
    timeout = float(current_app.config.get(timeout_key, current_app.config["HTTP_TIMEOUT_SECONDS"]))
    response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=timeout)
    response.raise_for_status()
    return response.json()