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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 _make_the_call(self, method, url, body=None):
 """Note that a request response is being used here, not webob."""

        self.log.debug("%s call to %s with body = %s" % (method, url, body))
        params = {"url": url, "headers": self.headers, "verify": self.verify}
        if body is not None:
            params["data"] = body
        func = getattr(requests, method.lower())
        try:
            resp = func(**params)
        except Exception as e:
            self.log.error("Call to %s failed with %s, %s" % (url, repr(e),
                                                              e.message))
            return None, e
        else:
            self.log.debug("Call to %s returned with status %s and body "
                           "%s" % (url, resp.status, resp.text))
        return resp.status_code, resp.json()