diff --git a/pillarsdk/api.py b/pillarsdk/api.py
index 369b2d2..a8d6ddf 100644
--- a/pillarsdk/api.py
+++ b/pillarsdk/api.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import requests
 import json
 import logging
 import platform
-import sys
 
 from . import utils
 from . import exceptions
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ class Api(object):
             else:
                 http_headers['Content-Type'] = "application/json"
                 return self.http_call(url, method,
-                                      data=json.dumps(body),
+                                      data=utils.dumps(body),
                                       headers=http_headers,
                                       verify=True)
 
diff --git a/pillarsdk/utils.py b/pillarsdk/utils.py
index 7c1fe5e..8f1e36c 100644
--- a/pillarsdk/utils.py
+++ b/pillarsdk/utils.py
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ class PillarJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
         return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)
 
 
+def dumps(mongo_doc, **kwargs):
+    """json.dumps() for PillarSDK documents."""
+    return json.dumps(mongo_doc, cls=PillarJSONEncoder, **kwargs)
+
+
 def join_url(url, *paths):
     """
     Joins individual URL strings together, and returns a single string.