code: def post(cls, payload):
          
          if not isinstance(payload, dict):
              raise ValueError("The 'payload' parameter must be provided a dictionary object.")
          payload = cls.set_id_in_fkeys(payload)
          payload = cls.check_boolean_fields(payload)
          payload = cls.add_model_name_to_payload(payload)
          # Run any pre-post hooks:
          payload = cls.prepost_hooks(payload)
          cls.debug_logger.debug("POSTING payload {}".format(json.dumps(payload, indent=4)))
          res = requests.post(url=cls.URL, json=(payload), headers=HEADERS, verify=False)
          cls.write_response_html_to_file(res,"bob.html")
          if not res.ok:
              cls.log_error(res.text)
              res_json = res.json()
              if "exception" in res_json:
                  exc_type = res_json["exception"]
                  if exc_type == "ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique":
                      raise RecordNotUnique()
          res.raise_for_status()
          res = res.json()
          cls.log_post(res)
          cls.debug_logger.debug("Success")
          return res
docs: Posts the data to the specified record.
  
          Args:
              payload: `dict`. This will be JSON-formatted prior to sending the request.
  
          Returns:
              `dict`. The JSON formatted response.
  
          Raises:
              `Requests.exceptions.HTTPError`: The status code is not ok.
              `RecordNotUnique`: The Rails server returned the exception ActiveRecord::RecordNotUnique.