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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_endpoint(self, endpoint=None):
 """Return interface URL endpoint."""

        base_url = self.api_config.api_url
        if not endpoint:
            if 'localhost' in base_url:
                endpoint = ''
            else:
                endpoint = ENDPOINTS[self.endpoint_type]

        endpoint = '/'.join([p.strip('/') for p in (base_url, endpoint)]).strip('/')
        self.logger.info("Using Endpoint: %s", endpoint)
        return endpoint