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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 send_request(self, request, callback=None, timeout=None, no_response=False):
 # pragma: no cover """ Send a request to the remote server. :param request: the request to send :param callback: the callback function to invoke upon response :param timeout: the timeout of the request :return: the response """

        if callback is not None:
            thread = threading.Thread(target=self._thread_body, args=(request, callback))
            thread.start()
        else:
            self.protocol.send_message(request)
            if no_response:
                return
            try:
                response = self.queue.get(block=True, timeout=timeout)
            except Empty:
                #if timeout is set
                response = None
            return response