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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 search(self, **kwargs):
 """ Query using ElasticSearch, returning an elasticsearch queryset. :param kwargs: keyword arguments (optional) * query : ES Query spec * tags : content tags * types : content types * feature_types : featured types * published : date range """

        search_query = super(ContentManager, self).search()

        if "query" in kwargs:
            search_query = search_query.query("match", _all=kwargs.get("query"))
        else:
            search_query = search_query.sort('-published', '-last_modified')

        # Right now we have "Before", "After" (datetimes),
        # and "published" (a boolean). Should simplify this in the future.
        if "before" in kwargs or "after" in kwargs:
            published_filter = Published(before=kwargs.get("before"), after=kwargs.get("after"))
            search_query = search_query.filter(published_filter)
        else:
            # TODO: kill this "published" param. it sucks
            if kwargs.get("published", True) and "status" not in kwargs:
                published_filter = Published()
                search_query = search_query.filter(published_filter)

        if "status" in kwargs:
            search_query = search_query.filter(Status(kwargs["status"]))

        if "excluded_ids" in kwargs:
            exclusion_filter = ~es_filter.Ids(values=kwargs.get("excluded_ids", []))
            search_query = search_query.filter(exclusion_filter)

        tag_filter = Tags(kwargs.get("tags", []))
        search_query = search_query.filter(tag_filter)

        author_filter = Authors(kwargs.get("authors", []))
        search_query = search_query.filter(author_filter)

        feature_type_filter = FeatureTypes(kwargs.get("feature_types", []))
        search_query = search_query.filter(feature_type_filter)

        # Is this good enough? Are we even using this feature at all?
        types = kwargs.pop("types", [])
        if types:
            search_query._doc_type = types
        return search_query