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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 httpapi_request(client, **params) -> 'Response': """Send a request to AniDB HTTP API. https://wiki.anidb.net/w/HTTP_API_Definition """

    return requests.get(
        _HTTPAPI,
        params={
            'client': client.name,
            'clientver': client.version,
            'protover': 1,
            **params
        })