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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 to_cloudformation(self, **kwargs):
 """Returns the API Gateway RestApi, Deployment, and Stage to which this SAM Api corresponds. :param dict kwargs: already-converted resources that may need to be modified when converting this \ macro to pure CloudFormation :returns: a list of vanilla CloudFormation Resources, to which this Function expands :rtype: list """

        resources = []

        api_generator = ApiGenerator(self.logical_id,
                                     self.CacheClusterEnabled,
                                     self.CacheClusterSize,
                                     self.Variables,
                                     self.depends_on,
                                     self.DefinitionBody,
                                     self.DefinitionUri,
                                     self.Name,
                                     self.StageName,
                                     endpoint_configuration=self.EndpointConfiguration,
                                     method_settings=self.MethodSettings,
                                     binary_media=self.BinaryMediaTypes,
                                     minimum_compression_size=self.MinimumCompressionSize,
                                     cors=self.Cors,
                                     auth=self.Auth,
                                     gateway_responses=self.GatewayResponses,
                                     access_log_setting=self.AccessLogSetting,
                                     canary_setting=self.CanarySetting,
                                     tracing_enabled=self.TracingEnabled,
                                     resource_attributes=self.resource_attributes,
                                     passthrough_resource_attributes=self.get_passthrough_resource_attributes())

        rest_api, deployment, stage, permissions = api_generator.to_cloudformation()

        resources.extend([rest_api, deployment, stage])
        resources.extend(permissions)

        return resources