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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, default_response=None):
 """ Call DELETE on the Gitlab server :param uri: String with the URI you wish to delete :param default_response: Return value if JSONDecodeError :return: Dictionary containing response data :raise: HttpError: If invalid response returned """

        url = self.api_url + uri
        response = requests.delete(
            url, headers=self.headers, verify=self.verify_ssl,
            auth=self.auth, timeout=self.timeout)

        return self.success_or_raise(response, default_response=default_response)