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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 initialize_request(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 """ Returns the initial request object. """

        parser_context = self.get_parser_context(request)

        return Request(
            request,
            parsers=self.get_parsers(),
            authenticators=self.get_authenticators(),
            negotiator=self.get_content_negotiator(),
            parser_context=parser_context
        )