def create_blog(parameters):
response = {'http_status': 400}
data = {}
title = parameters.get('title', False)
if not title or title == "":
response['error'] = 'Title is required'
return response
data['title'] = title
data['body'] = parameters.get('body', '')
blog = Blog()
result = blog.create(data)
if not result:
response['error'] = 'could not create blog post'
return response
response.update(blog.__dict__)
response['http_status'] = 201
return response
