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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_automations(self, refresh=False, generic_type=None):
 """Get all automations."""

        if refresh or self._automations is None:
            if self._automations is None:
                # Set up the device libraries
                self._automations = {}

            _LOGGER.info("Updating all automations...")
            response = self.send_request("get", CONST.AUTOMATION_URL)
            response_object = json.loads(response.text)

            if (response_object and
                    not isinstance(response_object, (tuple, list))):
                response_object = [response_object]

            _LOGGER.debug("Get Automations Response: %s", response.text)

            for automation_json in response_object:
                # Attempt to reuse an existing automation object
                automation = self._automations.get(str(automation_json['id']))

                # No existing automation, create a new one
                if automation:
                    automation.update(automation_json)
                else:
                    automation = AbodeAutomation(self, automation_json)
                    self._automations[automation.automation_id] = automation

        if generic_type:
            automations = []
            for automation in self._automations.values():
                if (automation.generic_type is not None and
                        automation.generic_type in generic_type):
                    automations.append(automation)
            return automations

        return list(self._automations.values())