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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 send_sms(body, from_phone, to, flash=False, fail_silently=False, auth_user=None, auth_password=None, connection=None):
 """ Easy wrapper for send a single SMS to a recipient list. :returns: the number of SMSs sent. """

    from sendsms.message import SmsMessage
    connection = connection or get_connection(
        username = auth_user,
        password = auth_password,
        fail_silently = fail_silently
    )
    return SmsMessage(body=body, from_phone=from_phone, to=to, \
        flash=flash, connection=connection).send()