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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 search_fields(self):
 """Returns the object field names to search against """

        search_fields = self.request.get("search_fields", None)
        if not search_fields:
            return []

        search_fields = json.loads(_u(search_fields))
        return search_fields