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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_status(self):
 """ Query the device status. Returns JSON of the device internal state """

        url = self.base_url + '/status'
        try:
            r = requests.get(url, timeout=10)
            return r.json()
        except RequestException as err:
            raise Client.ClientError(err)