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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_followers(self, query):
 """ Method to get the followers of a user. :param query: Query to be performed. :return: List of ids. """

        # Connecting to the API
        api = self._connectToAPI()

        # Verifying the limits of the API
        self._rate_limit_status(api=api, mode="get_followers")

        # Making the call to the API
        try:
            friends_ids = api.followers_ids(query)
        except:
            return []

        """res = []
        # Extracting the information from each profile
        for a in aux:
            us= self.getUser(a)
            res.append(self._processUser(us))"""

        return friends_ids