/**
* Execute a request against the url.
*
* @param string $url
* @param array $params
*
* @return mixed
*/
public function request($url, array $params = [])
{
$this->curl->get($url, $params);
$this->curl->setOpt(CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = $this->curl->response;
$this->curl->close();
return $response;
}