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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 channels_replies(self, *, channel: str, thread_ts: str, **kwargs) -> SlackResponse: """Retrieve a thread of messages posted to a channel Args: channel (str):
 The channel id. e.g. 'C1234567890' thread_ts (str):
 The timestamp of an existing message with 0 or more replies. e.g. '1234567890.123456' """

        kwargs.update({"channel": channel, "thread_ts": thread_ts})
        return self.api_call("channels.replies", http_verb="GET", params=kwargs)