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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 ping(self):
 """ Check server is alive over HTTP """

        status, _, body = self._request('GET', self.ping_path())
        return(status is not None) and (bytes_to_str(body) == 'OK')