def post(self, uri, data, **kwargs):
        """POST the provided data to the specified path

        See :meth:`request` for additional details.  The `data` parameter here is
        expected to be a string type.
        """
        return self.request("POST", uri, data=data, **kwargs)
POST the provided data to the specified path

        See :meth:`request` for additional details.  The `data` parameter here is
        expected to be a string type.