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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_playcount(self):
 """Returns the number of plays on the network"""


        return _number(
            _extract(
                self._request(self.ws_prefix + ".getInfo", cacheable=True), "playcount"
            )
        )