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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 _find_resources(resource, name=None, resource_id=None, tags=None,
                    region=None, key=None, keyid=None, profile=None):
    '''
    Get VPC resources based on resource type and name, id, or tags.
    '''

    if all((resource_id, name)):
        raise SaltInvocationError('Only one of name or id may be '
                                  'provided.')

    if not any((resource_id, name, tags)):
        raise SaltInvocationError('At least one of the following must be '
                                  'provided: id, name, or tags.')

    conn = _get_conn(region=region, key=key, keyid=keyid, profile=profile)

    f = 'get_all_{0}'.format(resource)
    if not f.endswith('s'):
        f = f + 's'
    get_resources = getattr(conn, f)

    filter_parameters = {}
    if name:
        filter_parameters['filters'] = {'tag:Name': name}
    if resource_id:
        filter_parameters['{0}_ids'.format(resource)] = resource_id
    if tags:
        for tag_name, tag_value in six.iteritems(tags):
            filter_parameters['filters']['tag:{0}'.format(tag_name)] = tag_value

    try:
        r = get_resources(**filter_parameters)
    except BotoServerError as e:
        if e.code.endswith('.NotFound'):
            return None
        raise
    return r