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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 publish(self, data):
 """ This function allows an entity to publish data to the middleware. Args: data (string):
 contents to be published by this entity. """

        if self.entity_api_key == "":
            return {'status': 'failure', 'response': 'No API key found in request'}
        publish_url = self.base_url + "api/0.1.0/publish"
        publish_headers = {"apikey": self.entity_api_key}
        publish_data = {
            "exchange": "amq.topic",
            "key": str(self.entity_id),
            "body": str(data)
        }
        with self.no_ssl_verification():
            r = requests.post(publish_url, json.dumps(publish_data), headers=publish_headers)
        response = dict()
        if "No API key" in str(r.content.decode("utf-8")):
            response["status"] = "failure"
            r = json.loads(r.content.decode("utf-8"))['message']
        elif 'publish message ok' in str(r.content.decode("utf-8")):
            response["status"] = "success"
            r = r.content.decode("utf-8")
        else:
            response["status"] = "failure"
            r = r.content.decode("utf-8")
        response["response"] = str(r)
        return response