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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 connect(self):
 """ Starts the mongodb connection. Must be called before anything else will work. """

        self.client = MongoClient(self.mongo_uri)
        self.db = self.client[self.db_name]