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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 set_basic_auth(self, username, password):
 """ Set authenatication. """

        from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
        self.auth = HTTPBasicAuth(username, password)
        return self