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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, method, uri, params=None, data=None, headers=None, auth=None, timeout=None, allow_redirects=False):
 """ Makes a request to the Twilio API using the configured http client Authentication information is automatically added if none is provided :param str method: HTTP Method :param str uri: Fully qualified url :param dict[str, str] params: Query string parameters :param dict[str, str] data: POST body data :param dict[str, str] headers: HTTP Headers :param tuple(str, str) auth: Authentication :param int timeout: Timeout in seconds :param bool allow_redirects: Should the client follow redirects :returns: Response from the Twilio API :rtype: twilio.http.response.Response """

        auth = auth or self.auth
        headers = headers or {}

        headers['User-Agent'] = 'twilio-python/{} (Python {})'.format(
            __version__,
            platform.python_version(),
        )
        headers['X-Twilio-Client'] = 'python-{}'.format(__version__)
        headers['Accept-Charset'] = 'utf-8'

        if method == 'POST' and 'Content-Type' not in headers:
            headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'

        if 'Accept' not in headers:
            headers['Accept'] = 'application/json'

        if self.region:
            head, tail = uri.split('.', 1)

            if not tail.startswith(self.region):
                uri = '.'.join([head, self.region, tail])

        return self.http_client.request(
            method,
            uri,
            params=params,
            data=data,
            headers=headers,
            auth=auth,
            timeout=timeout,
            allow_redirects=allow_redirects
        )