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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, method: str, url: StrOrURL, **kwargs: Any) -> '_RequestContextManager': """Perform HTTP request."""

        return _RequestContextManager(self._request(method, url, **kwargs))