def send(MESSAGE, SOCKET, MESSAGE_ID=None,
         CODE_FILE=None, CODE_LINE=None, CODE_FUNC=None,
         **kwargs):
    r"""Send a message to the journal.

    >>> journal.send('Hello world')
    >>> journal.send('Hello, again, world', FIELD2='Greetings!')
    >>> journal.send('Binary message', BINARY=b'\xde\xad\xbe\xef')

    Value of the MESSAGE argument will be used for the MESSAGE=
    field. MESSAGE must be a string and will be sent as UTF-8 to
    the journal.

    MESSAGE_ID can be given to uniquely identify the type of
    message. It must be a string or a uuid.UUID object.

    CODE_LINE, CODE_FILE, and CODE_FUNC can be specified to
    identify the caller. Unless at least on of the three is given,
    values are extracted from the stack frame of the caller of
    send(). CODE_FILE and CODE_FUNC must be strings, CODE_LINE
    must be an integer.

    Additional fields for the journal entry can only be specified
    as keyword arguments. The payload can be either a string or
    bytes. A string will be sent as UTF-8, and bytes will be sent
    as-is to the journal.

    Other useful fields include PRIORITY, SYSLOG_FACILITY,
    SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER, SYSLOG_PID.
    """

    args = ['MESSAGE=' + MESSAGE]

    if MESSAGE_ID is not None:
        id = getattr(MESSAGE_ID, 'hex', MESSAGE_ID)
        args.append('MESSAGE_ID=' + id)

    if CODE_LINE == CODE_FILE == CODE_FUNC == None:
        CODE_FILE, CODE_LINE, CODE_FUNC = \
            _traceback.extract_stack(limit=2)[0][:3]
    if CODE_FILE is not None:
        args.append('CODE_FILE=' + CODE_FILE)
    if CODE_LINE is not None:
        args.append('CODE_LINE={:d}'.format(CODE_LINE))
    if CODE_FUNC is not None:
        args.append('CODE_FUNC=' + CODE_FUNC)

    args.extend(_make_line(key.upper(), val) for key, val in kwargs.items())
    return sendv(SOCKET, *args)