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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_basic_profile(self, user_id, scope='profile/public'):
 """ Retrieve the Mxit user's basic profile No user authentication required """

        profile = _get(
            token=self.oauth.get_app_token(scope),
            uri='/user/profile/' + urllib.quote(user_id)
        )

        try:
            return json.loads(profile)
        except:
            raise MxitAPIException('Error parsing profile data')