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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 options(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
 """ Handles responding to requests for the OPTIONS HTTP verb """

        response = HttpResponse()
        response['Allow'] = ', '.join(self.allowed_methods)
        response['Content-Length'] = 0
        return response