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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_console_output(self, instance_id):
 """ Retrieves the console output for the specified instance. :type instance_id: string :param instance_id: The instance ID of a running instance on the cloud. :rtype: :class:`boto.ec2.instance.ConsoleOutput` :return: The console output as a ConsoleOutput object """

        params = {}
        self.build_list_params(params, [instance_id], 'InstanceId')
        return self.get_object('GetConsoleOutput', params,
                               ConsoleOutput, verb='POST')