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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 get_token(self, token):
        '''
        Request a token from the master
        '''
        load = {}
        load['token'] = token
        load['cmd'] = 'get_token'
        tdata = self._send_token_request(load)
        return tdata