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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 rescan_file(self, filename, sha256hash, apikey):
 """ just send the hash, check the date """

        url = self.base_url + "file/rescan"
        params = {
            'apikey': apikey,
            'resource': sha256hash
        }

        rate_limit_clear = self.rate_limit()
        if rate_limit_clear:
            response = requests.post(url, params=params)
            if response.status_code == self.HTTP_OK:
                self.logger.info("sent: %s, HTTP: %d, content: %s", os.path.basename(filename), response.status_code, response.text)
            elif response.status_code == self.HTTP_RATE_EXCEEDED:
                    time.sleep(20)
            else:
                self.logger.error("sent: %s, HTTP: %d", os.path.basename(filename), response.status_code)
            return response