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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_attrib(cls):
 """Get matches element attributes."""

        if not cls._server_is_alive():
            cls._start_server_on_free_port()
        params = {'language': FAILSAFE_LANGUAGE, 'text': ''}
        data = urllib.parse.urlencode(params).encode()
        root = cls._get_root(cls._url, data, num_tries=1)
        return root.attrib