def send_metric(self, metric_name, datapoint, tags=None, type_=None, interval=None):
        """
        
        """
        response = api.Metric.send(
            metric=metric_name,
            points=datapoint,
            host=self.host,
            tags=tags,
            type=type_,
            interval=interval)

        self.validate_response(response)
        return response