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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 verify_key(self, url):
 """For verifying your API key. Provide the URL of your site or blog you will be checking spam from. """

        
        response = self._request('verify-key', {
            'blog': url,
            'key': self._key
        })
        
        if response.status is 200:
            # Read response (trimmed of whitespace)
            return response.read().strip() == "valid"
            
        return False