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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 close(self):
 """Close any open HTTP connections to the API server. """

        try:
            self.connection.close()
            self.connection = None
        except Exception:
            if not self.fail_silently:
                raise