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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 _verify_authentication(self, handler, args, kwargs):
 """ Verify that the user is authenticated """

        if not self.user_manager.session_logged_in():
            raise APIForbidden()
        return handler(*args, **kwargs)