def METHOD_NAME(self, url, params, verb='POST', verbose=0):
    "Helper function to POST request to given URL"
    mgr = RequestHandler(logger=self.logger)
    headers = copy(self.configDict['headers'])
    headers.update({"Authorization": self._token})
    try:
        data = mgr.getdata(url, params, headers, verb=verb, verbose=verbose)
        return json.loads(data)
    except Exception as exc:
        self.logger.error("Failed to retrieve data from MonIT. Error: %s", str(exc))
        return None