docs: def _send(data):
      """Send data to the Clowder API.
  
      :param data: Dictionary of API data
      :type data: dict
      """
      url = data.get('url', CLOWDER_API_URL)
  
      _validate_data(data)
  
      if api_key is not None:
          data['api_key'] = api_key
  
      if 'value' not in data:
          data['value'] = data.get('status', 1)
  
      if 'frequency' in data:
          data['frequency'] = _clean_frequency(data['frequency'])
  
      try:
          requests.post(url, data=data, timeout=TIMEOUT).text
  
      # This confirms you that the request has reached server
      # And that the request has been sent
      # Because we don't care about the response, we set the timeout
      # value to be low and ignore read exceptions
      except requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout as err:
          pass
  
      # Allow a wildcard expection for any other type of processing error
      except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err:
          logging.error('Clowder expection %s', err)