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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 create(self, resource, data):
        '''
        A base function that performs a default create POST request for a given object
        '''

        service_def, resource_def, path = self._get_service_information(
            resource)
        self._validate(resource, data)

        return self.call(path=path, data=data, method='post')