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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 _bucket_exists(self):
 """Check if the bucket exists."""

        try:
            self.s3client.get_bucket_location(Bucket=self.bucket)
            return True
        except ClientError as error:
            LOG.error(error)
            return False