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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(json_data, url, dry_run=False):
 """ POST json data to the url provided and verify the requests was successful """


    if dry_run:
        info('POST: %s' % json.dumps(json_data, indent=4))
    else:
        response = SESSION.post(url,
                                data=json.dumps(json_data),
                                headers={'content-type': 'application/json'})

        if response.status_code != 200:
            raise Exception("Failed to import %s with %s: %s" %
                            (json_data, response.status_code, response.text))