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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_path(request):
 """Path component of request-URI, as defined by RFC 2965."""

    url = request.get_full_url()
    parts = urlsplit(url)
    path = escape_path(parts.path)
    if not path.startswith("/"):
        # fix bad RFC 2396 absoluteURI
        path = "/" + path
    return path