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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 returner(ret):
    '''
    Take in the return and shove it into the couchdb database.
    '''

    options = _get_options(ret)

    # Check to see if the database exists.
    _response = _request("GET",
                         options['url'] + "_all_dbs",
                         user=options['user'],
                         passwd=options['passwd'])
    if options['db'] not in _response:

        # Make a PUT request to create the database.
        _response = _request("PUT",
                             options['url'] + options['db'],
                             user=options['user'],
                             passwd=options['passwd'])

        # Confirm that the response back was simple 'ok': true.
        if 'ok' not in _response or _response['ok'] is not True:
            log.error('Nothing logged! Lost data. Unable to create database "%s"', options['db'])
            log.debug('_response object is: %s', _response)
            return
        log.info('Created database "%s"', options['db'])

    if boltons_lib:
        # redact all passwords if options['redact_pws'] is True
        if options['redact_pws']:
            ret_remap_pws = remap(ret, visit=_redact_passwords)
        else:
            ret_remap_pws = ret

        # remove all return values starting with '__pub' if options['minimum_return'] is True
        if options['minimum_return']:
            ret_remapped = remap(ret_remap_pws, visit=_minimize_return)
        else:
            ret_remapped = ret_remap_pws
    else:
        log.info('boltons library not installed. pip install boltons. https://github.com/mahmoud/boltons.')
        ret_remapped = ret

    # Call _generate_doc to get a dict object of the document we're going to shove into the database.
    doc = _generate_doc(ret_remapped)

    # Make the actual HTTP PUT request to create the doc.
    _response = _request("PUT",
                         options['url'] + options['db'] + "/" + doc['_id'],
                         'application/json',
                         salt.utils.json.dumps(doc))

    # Sanity check regarding the response..
    if 'ok' not in _response or _response['ok'] is not True:
        log.error('Nothing logged! Lost data. Unable to create document: "%s"', _response)