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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 _http_post(self, url, data, **kwargs):
 """ Performs the HTTP POST request. """


        if not kwargs.get('file_upload', False):
            data = json.dumps(data)

        kwargs.update({'data': data})

        return self._http_request('post', url, kwargs)