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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_token(self):
 """ Gets OAuth request token """

        client = OAuth1(
            client_key=self._server_cache[self.client.server].key,
            client_secret=self._server_cache[self.client.server].secret,
            callback_uri=self.callback,
        )

        request = {"auth": client}
        response = self._requester(
            requests.post,
            "oauth/request_token",
            **request
        )

        data = parse.parse_qs(response.text)
        data = {
            'token': data[self.PARAM_TOKEN][0],
            'token_secret': data[self.PARAM_TOKEN_SECRET][0]
        }

        return data