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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_socket(self):
 """Creates ssl socket, connects to stream api and sets timeout. """

        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        s = ssl.wrap_socket(s)
        s.connect((self.host, self.__port))
        s.settimeout(self.timeout)
        return s