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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 create(self, using=None, **kwargs):
 """ Creates the index in elasticsearch. Any additional keyword arguments will be passed to ``Elasticsearch.indices.create`` unchanged. """

        self._get_connection(using).indices.create(index=self._name, body=self.to_dict(), **kwargs)