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	function post_request($url,$fields,$format='json'){

		$this->log("[url] $url",'api');

		$this->log("[fields] ".print_r($fields,1),'api');

		$fields_string = '';

		//open connection

		$ch = curl_init();

		//execute post

		foreach($fields as $key=>$value) { $fields_string .= $key.'='.$value.'&'; }

		rtrim($fields_string, '&');

		//set the url, number of POST vars, POST data

		curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_URL, $url);

		curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POST, count($fields));

		curl_setopt($ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $fields_string);

		$result = curl_exec($ch);

		$this->log("[response] ".print_r($result,1),'api');

		//close connection

		curl_close($ch);

		switch($format){

			case 'json':

			$response = json_decode($result,1);

			break;

		}

		return $response;	

	}