some more cleanup

scilog/httpclient.py

@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ from .authmixin import AuthMixin, AuthError, HEADER_JSON
 
 def authenticated(func):
     @functools.wraps(func)
-    def authenticated_call(*args, **kwargs):
-        if not issubclass(type(args[0]), HttpClient):
+    def authenticated_call(client, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not isinstance(client, HttpClient):
             raise AttributeError("First argument must be an instance of HttpClient")
         if "headers" in kwargs:
             kwargs["headers"] = kwargs["headers"].copy()
         else:
             kwargs["headers"] = {}
-        kwargs["headers"]["Authorization"] = args[0].token
-        return func(*args, **kwargs)
+        kwargs["headers"]["Authorization"] = client.token
+        return func(client, *args, **kwargs)
     return authenticated_call
 
 
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ class HttpClient(AuthMixin):
 
     @authenticated
     def post_request(self, url, payload=None, headers=None, timeout=10):
-        response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers, timeout=timeout, verify=self._verify_certificate).json()
-        return response
+        return requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers, timeout=timeout, verify=self._verify_certificate).json()
 
     def _login(self, payload=None, headers=None, timeout=10):
         return requests.post(self.address + "/users/login", json=payload, headers=headers, timeout=timeout, verify=self._verify_certificate).json()