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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 authenticate(self, request, url_auth_token=None):
 """ Check the token and return the corresponding user. """

        try:
            return self.parse_token(url_auth_token)
        except TypeError:
            backend = "%s.%s" % (self.__module__, self.__class__.__name__)
            logger.exception("TypeError in %s, here's the traceback before "
                             "Django swallows it:", backend)
            raise