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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 _delete(self, uri):
 """ Simple DELETE operation for a given path. """

        headers = self._get_headers()

        response = self.session.delete(uri, headers=headers)

        # Will return a 204 on successful delete
        if response.status_code == 204:
            return response
        else:
            logging.error(response.content)
            response.raise_for_status()