content: import time
  
  import shortuuid
  
  from django_unicorn.utils import generate_checksum
  
  
  def post_and_get_response(
      client,
      *,
      url="",
      data=None,
      action_queue=None,
      component_id=None,
      hash=None,  # noqa: A002
      return_response=False,
  ):
      if not data:
          data = {}
      if not action_queue:
          action_queue = []
      if not component_id:
          component_id = shortuuid.uuid()[:8]
  
      message = {
          "actionQueue": action_queue,
          "data": data,
          "checksum": generate_checksum(data),
          "id": component_id,
          "epoch": time.time(),
          "hash": hash,
      }
  
      response = client.post(
          url,
          message,
          content_type="application/json",
      )
  
      if return_response:
          return response
  
      try:
          return response.json()
      except TypeError:
          # Return the regular response if no JSON for HttpResponseNotModified
          return response
  