import requests


def requests_get(url):
    """Make a get request using requests package.

    Args:
        url (str): url to do the request

    Raises:
        ConnectionError: If a RequestException occurred.

    Returns:
        response (str): the response from the get request

    """
    try:
        r = requests.get(url)
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException:
        raise ConnectionError
    return r