code: def promote_alert_to_case(self, alert_id):
          
  
          req = self.url + "/api/alert/{}/createCase".format(alert_id)
  
          try:
              return requests.post(req, headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
                                   proxies=self.proxies, auth=self.auth,
                                   verify=self.cert, data=json.dumps({}))
  
          except requests.exceptions.RequestException as the_exception:
              raise AlertException("Couldn't promote alert to case: {}".format(the_exception))
  
          return None
docs: This uses the TheHiveAPI to promote an alert to a case
  
              :param alert_id: Alert identifier
              :return: TheHive Case
              :rtype: json