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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 connections(request, edges):
 """ Plot a force-directed graph based on the edges provided """

    edge_list, node_list = parse.graph_definition(edges)
    data = {'nodes': json.dumps(node_list), 'edges': json.dumps(edge_list)}
    return render_to_response('miner/connections.html', data)