code: def create(self):
          
          obj = self.data
          self.data = None
          url = self.getUrl()
  
          # hopefully when we discover what problems exist in slick to require this, we can take the loop out
          for retry in range(3):
              try:
                  json_data = obj.to_json()
                  self.logger.debug("Making request to slick at url %s, with data: %s", url, json_data)
                  r = requests.post(url, data=json_data, headers=json_content)
                  self.logger.debug("Request returned status code %d", r.status_code)
                  if r.status_code is 200:
                      return self.model.from_dict(r.json())
                  else:
                      self.logger.debug("Body of what slick returned: %s", r.text)
              except BaseException as error:
                  self.logger.warn("Received exception while connecting to slick at %s", url, exc_info=sys.exc_info())
          raise SlickCommunicationError(
              "Tried 3 times to request data from slick at url %s without a successful status code.", url)
docs: Create the specified object (perform a POST to the api).  You specify the object as a parameter, using
          the parent object as a function.  Example:
          proj = Project()
          ... add project data here
          proj = slick.projects(proj).create()