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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 create_stream(self, uidList=[]):
        ''' create a stream '''
        req_hook = 'pod/v1/im/create'
        req_args = json.dumps(uidList)
        status_code, response = self.__rest__.POST_query(req_hook, req_args)
        self.logger.debug('%s: %s' % (status_code, response))
        return status_code, response