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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 tombstone_topic(self, topic, node):
 """Tombstones a specific producer of an existing topic."""

        nsq.assert_valid_topic_name(topic)
        return self._request('POST', '/topic/tombstone',
                             fields={'topic': topic, 'node': node})