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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import requests
+
+
+class TeamSpeakApi:
+    """
+    class to interact with the teamspeak rest api
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, apikey: str, url: str):
+        # variables
+        self._apikey = apikey
+        self._url = url
+
+        # define api handler
+        self.cmd = self._rest
+
+        self.session = requests.Session()
+
+    @property
+    def _auth(self):
+        if self._apikey is not None:
+            return {"x-api-key": self._apikey}
+
+    def _rest(self, command: str) -> dict:
+        # add authentication header to the session obj
+        auth_header = self._auth
+
+        # build get request
+        r = self.session.get("/".join([self._url, command]), headers=auth_header, verify=False)
+
+        # proceed if response is ok
+        if r.ok:
+            return r.json()
+
+        return {}