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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 send(self, event, message):
 """Send a message to the backend. :param reason: Reason of the message. :param message: Message content. """

        self.connection.send({
            'reason': ['request', 'send'],
            'content': {
                'reason': event,
                'request_id': self.request_counter,
                'content': message,
            },
        })
        self.request_counter = self.request_counter + 1