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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 post(param_map, url=URL):
 """Posts a `param_map` created with `config` to the FlashAir config.cgi entrypoint"""

    prepped_request = _prep_post(url=url, **param_map)
    return cgi.send(prepped_request)