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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 del_design(self, design_name):
 """ Removes the specified design design_name <str> """


    try:

      design = self.get_design(design_name)
      r = requests.request(
        "DELETE",
        "%s/%s/_design/%s" % (
          self.host,
          self.database_name,
          design_name
        ),
        params={"rev" : design.get("_rev")},
        auth=self.auth
      )
      return self.result(r.text)

    except:
      raise