def create_message(): if not request.json or not ('sender_s' in request.json and 'recipient_s' in request.json): abort(400) newMessage = SimpleMessage() newMessage.sender = request.json['sender_s'] newMessage.recipient = request.json['recipient_s'] newMessage.body = request.json.get('body_s',"") riakObj = store(newMessage) return jsonify({'key': riakObj.key, 'message': newMessage.serialize()}), 201