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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 api(f):
 """ A decorator to label an endpoint as an API. Catches uncaught exceptions and return the response in the JSON format """

    def wraps(self, *args, **kwargs):
        try:
            return f(self, *args, **kwargs)
        except Exception as e:
            logging.exception(e)
            return json_error_response(get_error_msg())

    return functools.update_wrapper(wraps, f)