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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 remove_alert(thing_name, key, session=None):
 """Remove an alert for the given thing """

    return _request('get', '/remove/alert/for/{0}'.format(thing_name), params={'key': key}, session=session)