[Python] python error syntaxerror 'return' outside function

Getting syntax error 'return' outside function while running below code.

# Make the request to publish and check status code

print("\tUploading...")
server_response = requests.post(publish_url, data=payload,
headers={'x-tableau-auth': auth_token, 'content-type': content_type})
_check_status(server_response, 201)
return

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