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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 serialize(self) -> dict: """ Serialize the message for sending to slack API Returns: serialized message """

        data = {**self}
        if "attachments" in self:
            data["attachments"] = json.dumps(self["attachments"])
        return data