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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_user(self, username):
 """Custom helper method to retrieve a user's data from Redis."""

        data = self.client.get(self._key(username))
        if data is None:
            return None
        return json.loads(data.decode())