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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 identify(self, req, resp, resource, uri_kwargs):
 """Initialize X-Api-Key authentication middleware."""

        try:
            return req.get_header('X-Api-Key', True)
        except (KeyError, HTTPMissingHeader):
            pass