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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 _new_url_record(cls, request: Request) -> URLRecord:
        '''Return new empty URLRecord.'''
        url_record = URLRecord()

        url_record.url = request.url_info.url
        url_record.status = Status.in_progress
        url_record.try_count = 0
        url_record.level = 0

        return url_record