def create_case(self, name, email, subject, description, businessImpact,
                    priority, phone):
        """ Send a case creation to SalesForces to create a ticket.

        @param name of the person creating the case.
        @param email of the person creating the case.
        @param subject of the case.
        @param description of the case.
        @param businessImpact of the case.
        @param priority of the case.
        @param phone of the person creating the case.
        @return Nothing if this is ok.
        @raise ServerError when something goes wrong.
        @raise ValueError when data passed in are invalid
        """

        if not('@' in parseaddr(email)[1]):
            raise ValueError('invalid email: {}'.format(email))
        if '' == name or name is None:
            raise ValueError('empty name')
        if '' == subject or subject is None:
            raise ValueError('empty subject')
        if '' == description or description is None:
            raise ValueError('empty description')
        if '' == businessImpact or businessImpact is None:
            raise ValueError('empty business impact')
        if priority is None:
            raise ValueError('Ensure the priority is from the set of '
                             'known priorities')
        if '' == phone or phone is None:
            raise ValueError('empty phone')

        try:
            r = requests.post(self.url, data={
                'orgid': self.orgId,
                'recordType': self.recordType,
                'name': name,
                'email': email,
                'subject': subject,
                'description': description,
                self.BUSINESS_IMPACT: businessImpact,
                'priority': priority,
                'phone': phone,
                'external': 1
                }, timeout=self.timeout)
            r.raise_for_status()
        except Timeout:
            message = 'Request timed out: {url} timeout: {timeout}'
            message = message.format(url=self.url, timeout=self.timeout)
            log.error(message)
            raise ServerError(message)
        except RequestException as err:
            log.info('cannot create case: {}'.format(err))
            raise ServerError(
                'cannot create case: {}'.format(err))
Send a case creation to SalesForces to create a ticket.

        @param name of the person creating the case.
        @param email of the person creating the case.
        @param subject of the case.
        @param description of the case.
        @param businessImpact of the case.
        @param priority of the case.
        @param phone of the person creating the case.
        @return Nothing if this is ok.
        @raise ServerError when something goes wrong.
        @raise ValueError when data passed in are invalid