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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 _get_url_params(self, shorten=True):
 """Returns a list of each parameter to be used for the url format."""

        cable = True if self.category == 'cable' else False
        url_date = convert_month(self.date, shorten=shorten, cable=cable)

        return [
            BASE_URL,
            self.weekday.lower(),
            self.category + '-ratings',
            url_date.replace(' ', '-')
        ]