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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 serialize(self, root, records):
 """Serialize the payload into JSON"""

        logging.info("Serializing record")
        logging.debug("Root: {}".format(root))
        logging.debug("Records: {}".format(records))
        if records == {}:
            return '{}'
        if isinstance(records, dict):
            if list(records.keys())[0] == 'errors':
                logging.warning("Found errors. Moving on".format(records))
                root = None
            elif '_id' in records:
                records['id'] = records.pop('_id')
        else:
            records = list(records)

            # rename _id to id
            for r in records:
                if '_id' in r:
                    r['id'] = r.pop('_id')

        if root is not None:
            records = {root: records}
        return json.dumps(records, cls=JSONEncoder)