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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_metric_time_series(self, mts_id, **kwargs):
 """get a metric time series by id"""

        return self._get_object_by_name(self._MTS_ENDPOINT_SUFFIX,
                                        mts_id,
                                        **kwargs)