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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 _do_request(self, request, url, **kwargs):
        "Actually makes the HTTP request."
        try:
            response = request(url, stream=True, **kwargs)
        except RequestException as e:
            raise RequestError(e)
        else:
            if response.status_code >= 400:
                raise ResponseError(response)
        # Try to return the response in the most useful fashion given it's
        # type.
        if response.headers.get('content-type') == 'application/json':
            try:
                # Try to decode as JSON
                return response.json()
            except (TypeError, ValueError):
                # If that fails, return the text.
                return response.text
        else:
            # This might be a file, so return it.
            if kwargs.get('params', {}).get('raw', True):
                return response.raw
            else:
                return response