def request_seen(self, request):
        """Returns True if request was already seen.

        Parameters
        ----------
        request : scrapy.http.Request

        Returns
        -------
        bool

        """
        fp = self.request_fingerprint(request)
        # This returns the number of values added, zero if already exists.
        added = self.server.sadd(self.key, fp)
        return added == 0