Adds json parameter for POST requests

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index 01d853d5..88db7dc7 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ def request(method, url, **kwargs):
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
     :param params: (optional) Dictionary or bytes to be sent in the query string for the :class:`Request`.
     :param data: (optional) Dictionary, bytes, or file-like object to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
+    :param json: (optional) json data to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
     :param headers: (optional) Dictionary of HTTP Headers to send with the :class:`Request`.
     :param cookies: (optional) Dict or CookieJar object to send with the :class:`Request`.
     :param files: (optional) Dictionary of 'name': file-like-objects (or {'name': ('filename', fileobj)}) for multipart encoding upload.
@@ -77,15 +78,16 @@ def head(url, **kwargs):
     return request('head', url, **kwargs)
 
 
-def post(url, data=None, **kwargs):
+def post(url, data=None, json=None, **kwargs):
     """Sends a POST request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
 
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
     :param data: (optional) Dictionary, bytes, or file-like object to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
+    :param json: (optional) json data to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
     :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
     """
 
-    return request('post', url, data=data, **kwargs)
+    return request('post', url, data=data, json=json, **kwargs)
 
 
 def put(url, data=None, **kwargs):