function get(url) {
  // Form request
  var request = NSURLRequest.requestWithURL(NSURL.URLWithString(url));
  // Send request
  var response = NSURLConnection.sendSynchronousRequest_returningResponse_error(request, null, null);
  // Parse JSON response and return
  return JSON.parse(NSString.alloc().initWithData_encoding(response, NSUTF8StringEncoding));
}