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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 ping(self, handler='admin/ping', **kwargs):
 """ Sends a ping request. Usage:: solr.ping() """

        params = kwargs
        params_encoded = safe_urlencode(params, True)

        if len(params_encoded) < 1024:
            # Typical case.
            path = '%s/?%s' % (handler, params_encoded)
            return self._send_request('get', path)
        else:
            # Handles very long queries by submitting as a POST.
            path = '%s/' % handler
            headers = {
                'Content-type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8',
            }
            return self._send_request('post', path, body=params_encoded, headers=headers)