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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 authenticate(self):
        '''authenticate with uservoice by creating a client.'''

        if not hasattr(self, 'client'):
            self.client = uservoice.Client(self.subdomain,
                                           self.api_key,
                                           self.api_secret)