bug fix

scilog/scilog.py

@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ class SciLog():
     @pinned_to_logbook(["parentId", "ownerGroup", "accessGroups"])
     def send_message(self, msg, **kwargs):
         url = self.http_client.address + "/basesnippets"
-        payload = kwargs
         snippet = Paragraph()
         snippet.import_dict(kwargs)
-        snippet.textcontent = msg       
+        snippet.textcontent = msg     
+        payload = snippet.to_dict(include_none=False)  
         headers = HEADER_JSON.copy()
         return Basesnippet.from_http_response(self.http_client.post_request(url, payload=payload, headers=headers))