diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 58a261b..6db3fe5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 Changelog for EGCG-Core
 ===========================
 
-0.8 (unreleased)
+0.7.3 (unreleased)
 ----------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Add new option to rest_communication.post_entry to submit payload without json
 
 
 0.7.2 (2017-08-03)
diff --git a/egcg_core/rest_communication.py b/egcg_core/rest_communication.py
index 949e97c..bc78e7d 100644
--- a/egcg_core/rest_communication.py
+++ b/egcg_core/rest_communication.py
@@ -165,9 +165,12 @@ class Communicator(AppLogger):
         else:
             self.warning('No document found in endpoint %s for %s', endpoint, query_args)
 
-    def post_entry(self, endpoint, payload):
+    def post_entry(self, endpoint, payload, use_data=False):
         files, payload = self._detect_files_in_json(payload)
-        return self._req('POST', self.api_url(endpoint), json=payload, files=files)
+        if use_data:
+            return self._req('POST', self.api_url(endpoint), data=payload, files=files)
+        else:
+            return self._req('POST', self.api_url(endpoint), json=payload, files=files)
 
     def put_entry(self, endpoint, element_id, payload):
         files, payload = self._detect_files_in_json(payload)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b55e6f8..b0f950e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 pytest>=2.7.2
+requests==2.14.2
 PyYAML>=3.11
 pyclarity_lims>=0.4
 jinja2==2.8
-asana==0.6.2
+asana==0.6.5
 cached_property

rest_communication: post data as form instead of json
`post_entry` should have an option to specify a post where the data is stored in the form instead of the query string.

diff --git a/tests/test_rest_communication.py b/tests/test_rest_communication.py
index 3f920be..fcc907f 100644
--- a/tests/test_rest_communication.py
+++ b/tests/test_rest_communication.py
@@ -180,6 +180,24 @@ class TestRestCommunication(TestEGCG):
             files={'f': (file_path, b'test content', 'text/plain')}
         )
 
+        self.comm.post_entry(test_endpoint, payload=test_flat_request_content, use_data=True)
+        mocked_response.assert_called_with(
+            'POST',
+            rest_url(test_endpoint),
+            auth=auth,
+            data=test_flat_request_content,
+            files=None
+        )
+
+        self.comm.post_entry(test_endpoint, payload=test_request_content_plus_files, use_data=True)
+        mocked_response.assert_called_with(
+            'POST',
+            rest_url(test_endpoint),
+            auth=auth,
+            data=test_flat_request_content,
+            files={'f': (file_path, b'test content', 'text/plain')}
+        )
+
     @patched_response
     def test_put_entry(self, mocked_response):
         self.comm.put_entry(test_endpoint, 'an_element_id', payload=test_nested_request_content)

pip install -e .
parse_log_pytest
requirements.txt
pytest pytest-cov python-coveralls
apt-get update apt-get install -y gcc
3.6
requirements.txt
pytest --no-header -rA --tb=line --color=no -p no:cacheprovider -W ignore::DeprecationWarning
asana==0.6.2
attrs==22.2.0
cached-property==1.5.2
certifi==2021.5.30
coverage==6.2
-e git+https://github.com/EdinburghGenomics/EGCG-Core.git@dff158066e922124e05d2d93cca14b2ee4ad6bfc#egg=EGCG_Core
importlib-metadata==4.8.3
iniconfig==1.1.1
Jinja2==2.8
MarkupSafe==2.0.1
oauthlib==3.2.2
packaging==21.3
pluggy==1.0.0
py==1.11.0
pyclarity-lims==0.4.8
pyparsing==3.1.4
pytest==7.0.1
pytest-cov==4.0.0
python-coveralls==2.9.3
PyYAML==6.0.1
requests==2.9.2
requests-oauthlib==0.6.2
six==1.10.0
tomli==1.2.3
typing_extensions==4.1.1
zipp==3.6.0

name: EGCG-Core
channels:
  - defaults
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
  - conda-forge
dependencies:
  - _libgcc_mutex=0.1=main
  - _openmp_mutex=5.1=1_gnu
  - ca-certificates=2025.2.25=h06a4308_0
  - certifi=2021.5.30=py36h06a4308_0
  - ld_impl_linux-64=2.40=h12ee557_0
  - libffi=3.3=he6710b0_2
  - libgcc-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libgomp=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - libstdcxx-ng=11.2.0=h1234567_1
  - ncurses=6.4=h6a678d5_0
  - openssl=1.1.1w=h7f8727e_0
  - pip=21.2.2=py36h06a4308_0
  - python=3.6.13=h12debd9_1
  - readline=8.2=h5eee18b_0
  - setuptools=58.0.4=py36h06a4308_0
  - sqlite=3.45.3=h5eee18b_0
  - tk=8.6.14=h39e8969_0
  - wheel=0.37.1=pyhd3eb1b0_0
  - xz=5.6.4=h5eee18b_1
  - zlib=1.2.13=h5eee18b_1
  - pip:
      - asana==0.6.2
      - attrs==22.2.0
      - cached-property==1.5.2
      - coverage==6.2
      - importlib-metadata==4.8.3
      - iniconfig==1.1.1
      - jinja2==2.8
      - markupsafe==2.0.1
      - oauthlib==3.2.2
      - packaging==21.3
      - pluggy==1.0.0
      - py==1.11.0
      - pyclarity-lims==0.4.8
      - pyparsing==3.1.4
      - pytest==7.0.1
      - pytest-cov==4.0.0
      - python-coveralls==2.9.3
      - pyyaml==6.0.1
      - requests==2.9.2
      - requests-oauthlib==0.6.2
      - six==1.10.0
      - tomli==1.2.3
      - typing-extensions==4.1.1
      - zipp==3.6.0
prefix: /opt/conda/envs/EGCG-Core

tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_post_entry
tests/test_rest_communication.py::test_default
tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_api_url tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_auth_token_and_if_match tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_detect_files_in_json tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_get_content tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_get_document tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_get_documents tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_get_documents_depaginate tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_parse_query_string tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_patch_entry tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_post_or_patch tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_put_entry tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_req tests/test_rest_communication.py::TestRestCommunication::test_token_auth
requirements.txt egcg_core/rest_communication.py CHANGELOG.md
requirements.txt egcg_core/rest_communication.py CHANGELOG.md