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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_direct_command(self, command_url):
 """Send raw command via get"""

        self.logger.info("get_direct_command: %s", command_url)
        req = requests.get(command_url, timeout=self.timeout,
                           auth=requests.auth.HTTPBasicAuth(self.username,
                                                            self.password))
        self.http_code = req.status_code
        req.raise_for_status()
        return req