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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_version(self):
 """ Get the version number of the API. Example: 1.3 """


        result = self._client.get("version").content

        if isinstance(result, bytes):
            result = result.decode('utf-8')

        return result.strip('\n')