def update_reminder(self, reminder):
		'''Creates a reminder with the provided attributes.
		Args:
			reminder		updated reminder of StreakReminder type
			return			(status code, reminder dict)
		'''
		uri = '/'.join([self.api_uri,
						self.reminders_suffix,
						])
		#req sanity check
		payload = None
		if  type(reminder) is not StreakReminder:
			return requests.codes.bad_request, None

		payload = reminder.to_dict(rw = True)
	
		try:
			uri = '/'.join([uri, reminder.attributes['key']])
		except KeyError:
			return requests.codes.bad_request, None
	
		code, data = self._req('post', uri , json.dumps(payload))
		
		return code, data