def get(self, restApi, data={}, stream=False, silentMode=False, ignoreError=False, maxRetries=5):
        """
        Description
            A HTTP GET function to send REST APIs.

        Parameters
           restApi: (str): The REST API URL.
           data: (dict): The data payload for the URL.
           silentMode: (bool):  To display on stdout: URL, data and header info.
           ignoreError: (bool): True: Don't raise an exception.  False: The response will be returned.
           maxRetries: <int>: The maximum amount of GET retries before declaring as server connection failure.

        Syntax
            /api/v1/sessions/1/ixnetwork/operations
        """
        retryInterval = 3
        restExecutionFailures = 0
        while True:
            if silentMode is False:
                self.logInfo('\n\tGET: {0}'.format(restApi))

            try:
                # For binary file
                if stream:
                    response = self._session.request('GET', restApi, stream=True, headers=self.jsonHeader, allow_redirects=True, verify=self.verifySslCert)

                if stream == False:
                    response = self._session.request('GET', restApi, headers=self.jsonHeader, allow_redirects=True, verify=self.verifySslCert)

                if silentMode is False:
                    for redirectStatus in response.history:
                        if '307' in str(response.history):
                            self.logInfo('\t{0}: {1}'.format(redirectStatus, response.url), timestamp=False)

                    self.logInfo('\tSTATUS CODE: {0}'.format(response.status_code), timestamp=False)

                if not str(response.status_code).startswith('2'):
                    if ignoreError == False:
                        if 'message' in response.json() and response.json()['messsage'] != None:
                            self.logWarning('\n%s' % response.json()['message'])

                        errMsg = 'GET Exception error: {0}'.format(response.text)
                        raise IxNetRestApiException(errMsg)

                return response

            except (requests.exceptions.RequestException, Exception) as errMsg:
                errMsg = 'GET Exception error {}/{} retries: {}'.format(restExecutionFailures, maxRetries, errMsg)

                if restExecutionFailures < maxRetries:
                    self.logError(errMsg)
                    restExecutionFailures += 1
                    time.sleep(retryInterval)
                    continue
                
                if restExecutionFailures == maxRetries:
                    raise IxNetRestApiException(errMsg)