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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:
 async def send(self, hittype, *args, **data):
 """ Transmit HTTP requests to Google Analytics using the measurement protocol """


        if hittype not in self.valid_hittypes:
            raise KeyError('Unsupported Universal Analytics Hit Type: {0}'.format(repr(hittype)))

        self.set_timestamp(data)
        self.consume_options(data, hittype, args)

        for item in args:  # process dictionary-object arguments of transcient data
            if isinstance(item, dict):
                for key, val in self.payload(item):
                    data[key] = val

        for k, v in self.params.items():  # update only absent parameters
            if k not in data:
                data[k] = v

        data = dict(self.payload(data))

        if self.hash_client_id:
            data['cid'] = generate_uuid(data['cid'])

        # Transmit the hit to Google...
        await self.http.send(data)