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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 get_response(self, url, timeout=None):
 """Return http request response. """

        if not timeout:
            timeout = self.default_timeout

        if self.default_sleeptime:
            time.sleep(self.default_sleeptime)

        try:
            return self.auth.get(url, headers=self.default_header, timeout=self.default_timeout)
        except:
            return None