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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 encode(data, mime_type='', charset='utf-8', base64=True):
 """ Encode data to DataURL """

    if isinstance(data, six.text_type):
        data = data.encode(charset)
    else:
        charset = None
    if base64:
        data = utils.text(b64encode(data))
    else:
        data = utils.text(quote(data))

    result = ['data:', ]
    if mime_type:
        result.append(mime_type)
    if charset:
        result.append(';charset=')
        result.append(charset)
    if base64:
        result.append(';base64')
    result.append(',')
    result.append(data)

    return ''.join(result)