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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_or_connect(cls, **kwargs):
 """ Try to retrieve an object in db, and create it if it does not exist. """

        try:
            inst = cls.get(**kwargs)
            created = False
        except DoesNotExist:
            inst = cls(**kwargs)
            created = True
        except Exception:
            raise
        return inst, created