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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_categories(self):
 """ Return a list of categories that a safe deposit box can belong to"""

        sdb_resp = get_with_retry(self.cerberus_url + '/v1/category',
                                headers=self.HEADERS)

        throw_if_bad_response(sdb_resp)
        return sdb_resp.json()