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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 has_namespace(self, namespace):
 """ tests to see if the namespace exists args: namespace: the name of the namespace """

        result = requests.get(self._make_url(namespace))
        if result.status_code == 200:
            return True
        elif result.status_code == 404:
            return False