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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 data_request(self, payload, timeout=TIMEOUT):
 """Perform a data_request and return the result."""

        request_url = self.base_url + "/data_request"
        return requests.get(request_url, timeout=timeout, params=payload)