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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 parse_multipart_data(request):
 """ Parse a request with multipart data. :param request: A HttpRequest instance. """

    return MultiPartParser(
        META=request.META,
        input_data=StringIO(request.body),
        upload_handlers=request.upload_handlers,
        encoding=request.encoding
    ).parse()