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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(self, path, data={}):
        '''Perform POST Request '''
        response = requests.post(API_URL + path, data=json.dumps(data), headers=self._set_headers())
        return self._check_response(response, self.post, path, data)