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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 extract_payload(self, request, verify=True, *args, **kwargs):
 """ Extract a payload from a request object. """

        payload = self._verify(
            request, return_payload=True, verify=verify, *args, **kwargs
        )
        return payload