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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 padded_urlsafe_b64decode(value):
 """Decodes base64 strings lacking padding characters. Google infrastructure tends to omit the base64 padding characters. Args: value (Union[str, bytes]):
 The encoded value. Returns: bytes: The decoded value """

    b64string = to_bytes(value)
    padded = b64string + b'=' * (-len(b64string) % 4)
    return base64.urlsafe_b64decode(padded)