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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, url, params=None, timeout=10):
 """Send a request with parameters."""

        rsp = self._session.get(url, params=params, timeout=timeout)
        rsp.raise_for_status()
        return rsp.text.strip()