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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:
 async def identify(self):
 """Sends the IDENTIFY packet."""

        payload = {
            'op': self.IDENTIFY,
            'd': {
                'token': self.token,
                'properties': {
                    '$os': sys.platform,
                    '$browser': 'discord.py',
                    '$device': 'discord.py',
                    '$referrer': '',
                    '$referring_domain': ''
                },
                'compress': True,
                'large_threshold': 250,
                'v': 3
            }
        }

        if not self._connection.is_bot:
            payload['d']['synced_guilds'] = []

        if self.shard_id is not None and self.shard_count is not None:
            payload['d']['shard'] = [self.shard_id, self.shard_count]

        state = self._connection
        if state._activity is not None or state._status is not None:
            payload['d']['presence'] = {
                'status': state._status,
                'game': state._activity,
                'since': 0,
                'afk': False
            }

        await self.send_as_json(payload)
        log.info('Shard ID %s has sent the IDENTIFY payload.', self.shard_id)