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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_bulkrates(self):
 """Get & format the rates dict"""

        try:
            resp = get(self.bulk_url)
            resp.raise_for_status()
        except exceptions.RequestException as e:
            raise RuntimeError(e)
        return resp.json()