def create(self):
        """Create the specified object (perform a POST to the api).  You specify the object as a parameter, using
        the parent object as a function.  Example:
        proj = Project()
        ... add project data here
        proj = slick.projects(proj).create()
        """
        obj = self.data
        self.data = None
        url = self.getUrl()

        # hopefully when we discover what problems exist in slick to require this, we can take the loop out
        for retry in range(3):
            try:
                json_data = obj.to_json()
                self.logger.debug("Making request to slick at url %s, with data: %s", url, json_data)
                r = requests.post(url, data=json_data, headers=json_content)
                self.logger.debug("Request returned status code %d", r.status_code)
                if r.status_code is 200:
                    return self.model.from_dict(r.json())
                else:
                    self.logger.debug("Body of what slick returned: %s", r.text)
            except BaseException as error:
                self.logger.warn("Received exception while connecting to slick at %s", url, exc_info=sys.exc_info())
        raise SlickCommunicationError(
            "Tried 3 times to request data from slick at url %s without a successful status code.", url)