def METHOD_NAME(self,json_dump):
    json_obj = json.loads(json_dump)
    sys_conf = au.get_system_conf()
    metrics_url = sys_conf[constants.metrics_url_key] + "/opt"
    try:
        requests.post(metrics_url, json=json_obj)  #write json to a file (hardcoded dir)
    except Exception as e: 
        return False
    return True