How to use the osmnx.core.overpass_request function in osmnx

geometry, _ = project_geometry(geometry_proj_consolidated_subdivided, crs=crs_proj, to_latlong=True)
        log('Requesting building footprints data within bounding box from API in {:,} request(s)'.format(len(geometry)))
        start_time = time.time()

        # loop through each polygon rectangle in the geometry (there will only
        # be one if original bbox didn't exceed max area size)
        for poly in geometry:
            # represent bbox as south,west,north,east and round lat-longs to 8
            # decimal places (ie, within 1 mm) so URL strings aren't different
            # due to float rounding issues (for consistent caching)
            west, south, east, north = poly.bounds
            query_template = ('[out:json][timeout:{timeout}]{maxsize};((way["building"]({south:.8f},'
                              '{west:.8f},{north:.8f},{east:.8f});(._;>;););(relation["building"]'
                              '({south:.8f},{west:.8f},{north:.8f},{east:.8f});(._;>;);););out;')
            query_str = query_template.format(north=north, south=south, east=east, west=west, timeout=timeout, maxsize=maxsize)
            response_json = overpass_request(data={'data':query_str}, timeout=timeout)
            response_jsons.append(response_json)
        msg = ('Got all building footprints data within bounding box from '
               'API in {:,} request(s) and {:,.2f} seconds')
        log(msg.format(len(geometry), time.time()-start_time))

    elif by_poly:
        # project to utm, divide polygon up into sub-polygons if area exceeds a
        # max size (in meters), project back to lat-long, then get a list of polygon(s) exterior coordinates
        geometry_proj, crs_proj = project_geometry(polygon)
        geometry_proj_consolidated_subdivided = consolidate_subdivide_geometry(geometry_proj, max_query_area_size=max_query_area_size)
        geometry, _ = project_geometry(geometry_proj_consolidated_subdivided, crs=crs_proj, to_latlong=True)
        polygon_coord_strs = get_polygons_coordinates(geometry)
        log('Requesting building footprints data within polygon from API in {:,} request(s)'.format(len(polygon_coord_strs)))
        start_time = time.time()

        # pass each polygon exterior coordinates in the list to the API, one at

# Parse the Overpass QL query
        query = parse_poi_query(amenities=amenities, west=west, south=south, east=east, north=north)

    elif not (north is None or south is None or east is None or west is None):
        # TODO: Add functionality for subdividing search area geometry based on max_query_area_size
        # Parse Polygon from bbox
        #polygon = bbox_to_poly(north=north, south=south, east=east, west=west)

        # Parse the Overpass QL query
        query = parse_poi_query(amenities=amenities, west=west, south=south, east=east, north=north)

    else:
        raise ValueError('You must pass a polygon or north, south, east, and west')

    # Get the POIs
    responses = overpass_request(data={'data': query}, timeout=timeout)

    return responses

# loop through each polygon rectangle in the geometry (there will only
        # be one if original bbox didn't exceed max area size)
        for poly in geometry:
            # represent bbox as south,west,north,east and round lat-longs to 8
            # decimal places (ie, within 1 mm) so URL strings aren't different
            # due to float rounding issues (for consistent caching)
            west, south, east, north = poly.bounds
            query_template = ('[out:json][timeout:{timeout}]{maxsize};'
                              '((way["{footprint_type}"]({south:.8f},{west:.8f},{north:.8f},{east:.8f});'
                              '(._;>;););'
                              '(relation["{footprint_type}"]({south:.8f},{west:.8f},{north:.8f},{east:.8f});'
                              '(._;>;);););out;')
            query_str = query_template.format(north=north, south=south, east=east, west=west, timeout=timeout,
                                              maxsize=maxsize, footprint_type=footprint_type)
            response_json = overpass_request(data={'data':query_str}, timeout=timeout)
            response_jsons.append(response_json)
        msg = ('Got all footprint data within bounding box from '
               'API in {:,} request(s) and {:,.2f} seconds')
        log(msg.format(len(geometry), time.time()-start_time))

    elif by_poly:
        # project to utm, divide polygon up into sub-polygons if area exceeds a
        # max size (in meters), project back to lat-long, then get a list of polygon(s) exterior coordinates
        geometry_proj, crs_proj = project_geometry(polygon)
        geometry_proj_consolidated_subdivided = consolidate_subdivide_geometry(geometry_proj, max_query_area_size=max_query_area_size)
        geometry, _ = project_geometry(geometry_proj_consolidated_subdivided, crs=crs_proj, to_latlong=True)
        polygon_coord_strs = get_polygons_coordinates(geometry)
        log('Requesting footprint data within polygon from API in {:,} request(s)'.format(len(polygon_coord_strs)))
        start_time = time.time()

        # pass each polygon exterior coordinates in the list to the API, one at

# max size (in meters), project back to lat-long, then get a list of polygon(s) exterior coordinates
        geometry_proj, crs_proj = project_geometry(polygon)
        geometry_proj_consolidated_subdivided = consolidate_subdivide_geometry(geometry_proj, max_query_area_size=max_query_area_size)
        geometry, _ = project_geometry(geometry_proj_consolidated_subdivided, crs=crs_proj, to_latlong=True)
        polygon_coord_strs = get_polygons_coordinates(geometry)
        log('Requesting building footprints data within polygon from API in {:,} request(s)'.format(len(polygon_coord_strs)))
        start_time = time.time()

        # pass each polygon exterior coordinates in the list to the API, one at
        # a time
        for polygon_coord_str in polygon_coord_strs:
            query_template = ('[out:json][timeout:{timeout}]{maxsize};(way'
                              '(poly:"{polygon}")["building"];(._;>;);relation'
                              '(poly:"{polygon}")["building"];(._;>;););out;')
            query_str = query_template.format(polygon=polygon_coord_str, timeout=timeout, maxsize=maxsize)
            response_json = overpass_request(data={'data':query_str}, timeout=timeout)
            response_jsons.append(response_json)
        msg = ('Got all building footprints data within polygon from API in '
               '{:,} request(s) and {:,.2f} seconds')
        log(msg.format(len(polygon_coord_strs), time.time()-start_time))

    return response_jsons

geometry_proj, crs_proj = project_geometry(polygon)
        geometry_proj_consolidated_subdivided = consolidate_subdivide_geometry(geometry_proj, max_query_area_size=max_query_area_size)
        geometry, _ = project_geometry(geometry_proj_consolidated_subdivided, crs=crs_proj, to_latlong=True)
        polygon_coord_strs = get_polygons_coordinates(geometry)
        log('Requesting footprint data within polygon from API in {:,} request(s)'.format(len(polygon_coord_strs)))
        start_time = time.time()

        # pass each polygon exterior coordinates in the list to the API, one at
        # a time
        for polygon_coord_str in polygon_coord_strs:
            query_template = ('[out:json][timeout:{timeout}]{maxsize};('
                              'way(poly:"{polygon}")["{footprint_type}"];(._;>;);'
                              'relation(poly:"{polygon}")["{footprint_type}"];(._;>;););out;')
            query_str = query_template.format(polygon=polygon_coord_str, timeout=timeout, maxsize=maxsize,
                                              footprint_type=footprint_type)
            response_json = overpass_request(data={'data':query_str}, timeout=timeout)
            response_jsons.append(response_json)
        msg = ('Got all footprint data within polygon from API in '
               '{:,} request(s) and {:,.2f} seconds')
        log(msg.format(len(polygon_coord_strs), time.time()-start_time))

    return response_jsons