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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 request(self, method, url, url_params=empty.dict, headers=empty.dict, timeout=None, **params):
 """Calls the service at the specified URL using the "CALL" method"""

        raise NotImplementedError("Concrete services must define the request method")