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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def request(self, method, url, params=None, data=None, files=None, json=None, timeout=5, headers=None, skip_auth=False):
 """ Execute the request using requests library """

        request_url = self.base_url + url
        floyd_logger.debug("Starting request to url: %s with params: %s, data: %s", request_url, params, data)

        request_headers = {'x-floydhub-cli-version': get_cli_version()}
        # Auth headers if present
        if self.auth_header:
            request_headers["Authorization"] = self.auth_header
        # Add any additional headers
        if headers:
            request_headers.update(headers)

        try:
            response = requests.request(method,
                                        request_url,
                                        params=params,
                                        data=data,
                                        json=json,
                                        headers=request_headers,
                                        files=files,
                                        timeout=timeout)
        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as exception:
            floyd_logger.debug("Exception: %s", exception, exc_info=True)
            sys.exit("Cannot connect to the Floyd server. Check your internet connection.")
        except requests.exceptions.Timeout as exception:
            floyd_logger.debug("Exception: %s", exception, exc_info=True)
            sys.exit("Connection to FloydHub server timed out. Please retry or check your internet connection.")

        floyd_logger.debug("Response Content: %s, Headers: %s" % (response.content, response.headers))
        self.check_response_status(response)
        return response