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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 _build_request(self, type, commands):
        '''
        Build NX-API JSON request.
        '''
        request = {}
        headers = {
            'content-type': 'application/json',
        }
        if self.nxargs['connect_over_uds']:
            user = self.nxargs['cookie']
            headers['cookie'] = 'nxapi_auth=' + user + ':local'
            request['url'] = self.NXAPI_UDS_URI_PATH
        else:
            request['url'] = '{transport}://{host}:{port}{uri}'.format(
                transport=self.nxargs['transport'],
                host=self.nxargs['host'],
                port=self.nxargs['port'],
                uri=self.NXAPI_REMOTE_URI_PATH,
            )

        if isinstance(commands, (list, set, tuple)):
            commands = ' ; '.join(commands)
        payload = {}
        payload['ins_api'] = {
            'version': self.NXAPI_VERSION,
            'type': type,
            'chunk': '0',
            'sid': '1',
            'input': commands,
            'output_format': 'json',
        }
        request['headers'] = headers
        request['payload'] = json.dumps(payload)
        request['opts'] = {
            'http_request_timeout': self.nxargs['timeout']
        }
        log.info('request: %s', request)
        return request