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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_manifest(self):
 """Return the manifest as a dictionary."""

        logger.debug("Getting manifest")
        text = self.get_text(self.get_manifest_key())
        return json.loads(text)