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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, *args, **kwargs):
 """Issue the HTTP request capturing any errors that may occur."""

        try:
            return self._http.request(*args, timeout=TIMEOUT, **kwargs)
        except Exception as exc:
            raise RequestException(exc, args, kwargs)