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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_auth(host, app_name, database_name):
 """ Authentication hook to allow plugging in custom authentication credential providers """

    from .hooks import _get_auth_hook
    return _get_auth_hook(host, app_name, database_name)