def create_project(self, project_name, desc):
        """
        Send POST to /projects creating a new project with the specified name and desc.
        Raises DataServiceError on error.
        :param project_name: str name of the project
        :param desc: str description of the project
        :return: requests.Response containing the successful result
        """
        data = {
            "name": project_name,
            "description": desc
        }
        return self._post("/projects", data)