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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):
 """ Makes the HTTP POST to the url sending post_data. """

        self._construct_post_data()

        post_args = {"json": self.post_data}
        self.http_method_args.update(post_args)

        return self.http_method("POST")