before and after

gistfile1.txt

was
def project_present(name, **kwargs):
    """Ensure that there's a UWM project with the specified properties.
    :returns: dict with keys ('project', 'main-user', 'comment')
    """
    props = {'name': name}
    for key in ('description', 'expires', 'enabled', 'user_password',
                'user_os_password', 'networks', 'quota_instances', 'quota_ram',
                'quota_vcpus'):
        if key in kwargs:
            json_key = key.replace('_', '-')
            props[json_key] = kwargs[key]
    data = simplejson.dumps({'projects': [props],
                             'users': []})

    results = __uwm_client('project-import',
                           args=('--update',),
                           kwargs={'--data': data})

    result = results['results'][0]
    if 'exception' in result:
        raise CommandExecutionError(result['exception'])

    return result

and now 
def project_present(name,  description=None, expires=None, quota_vcpus=200, quota_ram=512000, quota_instances=100, **kwargs):
    """Ensure that there's a UWM project with the specified properties.
    :returns: dict with keys ('project', 'main-user', 'comment')
    """
    props = {'name': name,'description':description,'expires':expires,'quota-vcpus': quota_vcpus, 'quota-ram': quota_ram, 'quota-instances': quota_instances}
    for key in ('description', 'expires', 'enabled', 'user_password',
                'user_os_password', 'networks', 'quota_instances', 'quota_ram',
                'quota_vcpus'):
        if key in kwargs:
            json_key = key.replace('_', '-')
            props[json_key] = kwargs[key]
    data = simplejson.dumps({'projects': [props],
                             'users': []})

    results = __uwm_client('project-import',
                           args=('--update',),
                           kwargs={'--data': data})

    result = results['results'][0]
    if 'exception' in result:
        raise CommandExecutionError(result['exception'])

    return result