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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 _request(self, url, params={}):
 """Makes a request using the currently open session. :param url: A url fragment to use in the creation of the master url """

        r = self._session.get(url=url, params=params, headers=DEFAULT_ORIGIN)
        return r