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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 stub_request(self, expected_url, filename, status=None, body=None):
 """Stub a web request for testing."""

        self.fake_web = True
        self.faker = get_faker(expected_url, filename, status, body)