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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 parse_url_to_topic(method, route):
 """ Transforms a URL to a topic. `GET /bar/{id}` -> `get.bar.*` `POST /bar/{id}` -> `post.bar.*` `GET /foo/bar/{id}/baz` -? `get.foo.bar.*.baz` Possible gotchas `GET /foo/{id}` -> `get.foo.*` `GET /foo/{id}:action` -> `get.foo.*` However, once it hits the service the router will be able to distinguish the two requests. """

    route = route.replace('.', '?')
    route = route.replace('/', '.').strip('.')
    topic = f'{method.value.lower()}.{route}'
    # need to replace `{id}` and `{id}:some_method` with just `*`
    return re.sub(r"\.\{[^\}]*\}[:\w\d_-]*", ".*", topic)