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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_api_service(self, name=None):
 """Returns the specific service config definition"""

        try:
            svc = self.services_by_name.get(name, None)
            if svc is None:
                raise ValueError(f"Couldn't find the API service configuration")
            return svc
        except:  # NOQA
            raise Exception(f"Failed to retrieve the API service configuration")