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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 login(self, username, password, email, url, config_path):
 """ If username and password are provided, authenticate with the registry. Otherwise, check the config file for existing authentication data. """

        if username and password:
            try:
                self.client.login(username=username, password=password, email=email,
                                  registry=url, reauth=True)
            except docker_errors.APIError as exc:
                raise exceptions.AnsibleContainerConductorException(
                    u"Error logging into registry: {}".format(exc)
                )
            except Exception:
                raise

            self._update_config_file(username, password, email, url, config_path)

        username, password = self._get_registry_auth(url, config_path)
        if not username:
            raise exceptions.AnsibleContainerConductorException(
                u'Please provide login credentials for registry {}.'.format(url))
        return username, password