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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 regions(self):
 """gets the regions value"""

        url = "%s/regions" % self.root
        params = {"f": "json"}
        return self._get(url=url,
                            param_dict=params,
                            proxy_url=self._proxy_url,
                            proxy_port=self._proxy_port)