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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(self, request):
 """ Send request to server and return server response. """

        self._logger.debug('Opening connection')
        sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
        sock.connect((self._host, self._port))
        talk = SocketTalk(sock, encode=self._encode)

        self._logger.debug('Sending action %s' % request.action)
        if not talk.put(request.action):
            self._logger.error('Failed to send action %s' % request.action)
            return None

        if request.key is not None:
            self._logger.debug('Sending key %s' % request.key)
            if not talk.put(request.key):
                self._logger.error('Failed to send key %s' % request.key)
                return None

        if request.value is not None:
            self._logger.debug('Sending value')
            if not talk.put(request.value):
                self._logger.error('Failed to send value')
                return None

        self._logger.debug('Receiving status')
        response = talk.get()
        if not response:
            self._logger.error('Failed to receive status')
            return None
        self._logger.debug('Status response = %s' % response)

        if request.action in ('get', 'size', 'keys') and response == 'ok':
            self._logger.debug('Receiving value')
            response = talk.get()
            if not response:
                self._logger.error('Failed to receive value')
                return None

        if request.action in ('keys',):
            response = pickle.loads(response)

        self._logger.debug('Closing connection')
        try:
            sock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
        except:
            self._logger.error('Failed to shutdown')
        sock.close()

        return response