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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 _create_body(self, name, emailAddress, ttl=3600, comment=None, subdomains=None, records=None):
 """ Creates the appropriate dict for creating a new domain. """

        if subdomains is None:
            subdomains = []
        if records is None:
            records = []
        body = {"domains": [{
                "name": name,
                "emailAddress": emailAddress,
                "ttl": ttl,
                "comment": comment,
                "subdomains": {
                    "domains": subdomains
                    },
                "recordsList": {
                    "records": records
                    },
                }]}
        return body