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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 exists(self, index, doc_type, id, **query_params):
 """ Return if a document exists """

        path = make_path(index, doc_type, id)
        return self._send_request('HEAD', path, params=query_params)