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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 _validate_api_params(params):
    '''
    Validate the API params as specified in the config file.
    '''
    # page_id and API key are mandatory and they must be string/unicode
    return (isinstance(params['api_page_id'], (six.string_types, six.text_type)) and
            isinstance(params['api_key'], (six.string_types, six.text_type)))