Conditional Statement—Responding to Data Manipulation Requests

server.py

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       else: #if the request is to get, set, or delete
            if self.leader:
                self.current_operation = string_operation
                key_value_store.write_to_log(string_operation, term_absent=True)

                if self.current_operation.split(" ")[0] in ["set", "delete"]:
                    broadcast(self, with_return_address(self, "append_entries [" + self.current_operation + "]"))

                send_pending = False
            else:
                response = "I am not the leader. Please leave me alone."