Feature/api client post

.gitignore

@@ -112,3 +112,6 @@ venv.bak/
 
 #
 *.secret
+
+#visual studio code
+.vscode

atlassian/VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.16.0
+1.16.1

atlassian/rest_client.py

@@ -115,13 +115,14 @@ def url_joiner(url, path, trailing=None):
             url_link += '/'
         return url_link
 
-    def request(self, method='GET', path='/', data=None, flags=None, params=None, headers=None,
+    def request(self, method='GET', path='/', data=None, json=None, flags=None, params=None, headers=None,
                 files=None, trailing=None):
         """
 
         :param method:
         :param path:
         :param data:
+        :param json:
         :param flags:
         :param params:
         :param headers:
@@ -138,15 +139,17 @@ def request(self, method='GET', path='/', data=None, flags=None, params=None, he
             url += ('&' if params else '') + '&'.join(flags or [])
         if files is None:
             data = None if not data else json.dumps(data)
+            json_dump = None if not json else json.dumps(json)
         self.log_curl_debug(method=method, url=url, headers=headers,
-                            data=data)
+                            data=data if data else json_dump)
 
         headers = headers or self.default_headers
         response = self._session.request(
             method=method,
             url=url,
             headers=headers,
             data=data,
+            json=json,
             timeout=self.timeout,
             verify=self.verify_ssl,
             files=files,
@@ -188,8 +191,8 @@ def get(self, path, data=None, flags=None, params=None, headers=None, not_json_r
                 log.error(e)
                 return response.text
 
-    def post(self, path, data=None, headers=None, files=None, params=None, trailing=None):
-        response = self.request('POST', path=path, data=data, headers=headers, files=files, params=params,
+    def post(self, path, data=None, json=None, headers=None, files=None, params=None, trailing=None):
+        response = self.request('POST', path=path, data=data, json=None, headers=headers, files=files, params=params,
                                 trailing=trailing)
         if self.advanced_mode:
             return response

atlassian/service_desk.py

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def create_customer_request(self, service_desk_id, request_type_id,
 
         :param service_desk_id: str
         :param request_type_id: str
-        :param values_dict: str
+        :param values_dict: str/dict
         :param raise_on_behalf_of: str
         :param request_participants: list
         :return: New request
@@ -99,7 +99,16 @@ def create_customer_request(self, service_desk_id, request_type_id,
         if request_participants:
             data["requestParticipants"] = request_participants
 
-        return self.post('rest/servicedeskapi/request', data=data, headers=self.experimental_headers)
+        param_map = {
+            "headers": self.experimental_headers
+        }
+
+        if isinstance(values_dict, dict):
+            param_map["json"] = data
+        elif isinstance(values_dict, str):
+            param_map["data"] = data
+
+        return self.post('rest/servicedeskapi/request', **param_map)
 
     def get_customer_request_status(self, issue_id_or_key):
         """