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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 authenticate(self):
 """Authenticate the session"""

        postdata = self.authentication_postdata
        jar = requests.cookies.cookielib.CookieJar()
        self.cookies = jar
        resp = self.get(self.authentication_base_url)
        authtok = _extract_authenticity_token(resp.content)
        if postdata is None:
            # This works for GitHub
            postdata = {"login": self.oauth2_username,
                        "password": self._oauth2_password,
                        "authenticity_token": authtok,
                        "commit": "Sign+in",
                        "utf8": u"\u2713",
                        }  # pylint: disable=bad-continuation
            self.authentication_postdata = postdata
        if self.authentication_session_url is None:
            # This is also for GitHub
            authentication_session_url = "https://github.com/session"
            self.authentication_session_url = authentication_session_url
        self.post(self.authentication_session_url, data=postdata)