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title: _make_request
description: OpenBB SDK Function
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# _make_request

Helper method to scrap.

Source Code: [[link](https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/tree/main/openbb_terminal/alternative/oss/runa_model.py#L67)]

```python
openbb.alt.oss._make_request(url: str)
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description | Default | Optional |
| ---- | ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| url | str | url to scrape | None | False |


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## Returns

| Type | Description |
| ---- | ----------- |
| Union[BeautifulSoup, None] | BeautifulSoup object or None |
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