Call rest post method

def rest_post(url, data, timeout, show_error=False):
    '''Call rest post method'''
    try:
        response = requests.post(url, headers={'Accept': 'application/json', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},\
                                 data=data, timeout=timeout)
        return response
    except Exception as exception:
        if show_error:
            print_error(exception)
        return None