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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 get_requirements() -> List[str]: """Return the requirements as a list of string."""

    requirements_path = os.path.join(
        os.path.dirname(__file__), 'requirements.txt'
    )
    with open(requirements_path) as f:
        return f.read().split()