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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 connect(creds, max_retries=100):
 """Construct a connection value to Google Storage API The credentials are retrieved using get_credentials that checks the environment for the correct values. """

    credentials, project = google.auth.default()
    return RetryClient(max_retries=max_retries, project=project,
                       credentials=credentials)