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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 minimal_payload(self):
 """ This method can be used to create the payload which is sent while creating or updating a cluster. """

        payload_dict = self.__dict__
        payload_dict.pop("api_version", None)
        return util._make_minimal(payload_dict)