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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 publish(self, request, **kwargs):
 """sets the `published` value of the `Content` :param request: a WSGI request object :param kwargs: keyword arguments (optional) :return: `rest_framework.response.Response` """

        content = self.get_object()

        if "published" in get_request_data(request):
            if not get_request_data(request)["published"]:
                content.published = None
            else:
                publish_dt = parse_datetime(get_request_data(request)["published"])
                if publish_dt:
                    publish_dt = publish_dt.astimezone(timezone.utc)
                else:
                    publish_dt = None
                content.published = publish_dt
        else:
            content.published = timezone.now()

        content.save()
        LogEntry.objects.log(request.user, content, content.get_status())
        return Response({"status": content.get_status(), "published": content.published})