public function get( $endpoint, $data = array() ) {
		$url = $this->build_url( $endpoint, $data );

		// If we have an WP_Error we return it here
		if ( is_wp_error( $url ) ) {
			return $url;
		}

		/**
		 * Length of time to wait when initially connecting to Event Aggregator before abandoning the attempt.
		 * default is 60 seconds. We set this high so large files can be transfered on slow connections
		 *
		 * @var int $timeout_in_seconds
		 */
		$timeout_in_seconds = (int) apply_filters( 'tribe_aggregator_connection_timeout', 60 );

		$response = $http_response = $this->requests->get(
			esc_url_raw( $url ),
			array( 'timeout' => $timeout_in_seconds )
		);

		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
			if ( isset( $response->errors['http_request_failed'] ) ) {
				$response->errors['http_request_failed'][0] = __( 'Connection timed out while transferring the feed. If you are dealing with large feeds you may need to customize the tribe_aggregator_connection_timeout filter.', 'the-events-calendar' );
			}

			return $response;
		}

		if ( 403 == wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response ) ) {
			return new WP_Error(
				'core:aggregator:request-denied',
				esc_html__( 'Event Aggregator server has blocked your request. Please try your import again later or contact support to know why.', 'the-events-calendar' )
			);
		}

		// we know it is not a 404 or 403 at this point
		if ( 200 != wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response ) ) {
			return new WP_Error(
				'core:aggregator:bad-response',
				esc_html__( 'There may be an issue with the Event Aggregator server. Please try your import again later.', 'the-events-calendar' )
			);
		}

		if ( isset( $response->data ) && isset( $response->data->status ) && '404' === $response->data->status ) {
			return new WP_Error(
				'core:aggregator:daily-limit-reached',
				esc_html__( 'There may be an issue with the Event Aggregator server. Please try your import again later.', 'the-events-calendar' )
			);
		}

		// if the response is not an image, let's json decode the body
		if ( ! preg_match( '/image/', $response['headers']['content-type'] ) ) {
			$response = json_decode( wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response ) );
		}

		// It's possible that the json_decode() operation will have failed
		if ( null === $response ) {
			return new WP_Error(
				'core:aggregator:bad-json-response',
				esc_html__( 'The response from the Event Aggregator server was badly formed and could not be understood. Please try again.', 'the-events-calendar' ),
				$http_response
			);
		}

		return $response;
	}