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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 to_dict(self):
 """Convert this Node to a dict representation for passing to the API."""

        return {"address": self.address,
                "port": self.port,
                "condition": self.condition,
                "type": self.type,
                "id": self.id,
                }