diff --git a/lib/api/graph.js b/lib/api/graph.js
index 5902fd8..f01f318 100644
--- a/lib/api/graph.js
+++ b/lib/api/graph.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var client = require("../client");
+var json = require("../json");
 
 /*section: graph
  *comment: take a snapshot of a metric query
@@ -43,8 +44,63 @@ function snapshot(query, from, to, eventQuery, callback){
     client.request("GET", "/graph/snapshot", params, callback);
 }
 
+/*section: graph
+ *comment: create an embed graph of a metric query
+ *params:
+ *  graph_json: The request array to pass create in the embed
+ *  timeframe: (1_hour, 4_hours, 1_day, 2_days, and 1_week)
+ *  size: (small, medium, large, xlarge)
+ *  legend: yes or no
+ *  title: The title of the embed
+ *  callback: function(err, res)
+ *example: |
+ *  ```javascript
+ *  var dogapi = require("dogapi");
+ *  var options = {
+ *    api_key: "api_key",
+ *    app_key: "app_key"
+ *  };
+ *  dogapi.initialize(options);
+ *  var query = "system.cpu.idle{*}";
+ *  var graph_json = {
+ *         "viz": "timeseries",
+ *         "requests": [
+ *           {
+ *             "q": query,
+ *             "aggregator": "avg",
+ *             "conditional_formats": [],
+ *             "type": "area"
+ *           }
+ *         ]
+ *       }
+ *  var timeframe = '1_hour';
+ *  var size = 'xlarge';
+ *  var legend = 'yes';
+ *  var title = 'my awesome embed';
+ *  dogapi.graph.createEmbed(graph_json, timeframe, size, legend, title, function(err, res){
+ *    console.dir(res);
+ *  });
+ *  ```
+ */
+function createEmbed(graph_json, timeframe, size, legend, title, callback){
+    var lastArgument = arguments.length -1;
+
+    var params = {
+        body: 'graph_json=' + JSON.stringify(graph_json) +
+            '&timeframe=' + timeframe +
+            '&size=' + size +
+            '&legend=' + legend +
+            '&title=' + title
+        ,
+        contentType: 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
+    };
+
+    client.request("POST", "/graph/embed", params, callback);
+}
+
 module.exports = {
     snapshot: snapshot,
+    createEmbed: createEmbed,
     getUsage: function(){
         return [
             "  dogapi graph snapshot <query> <from> <to> [--events <event-query>]"
@@ -54,18 +110,32 @@ module.exports = {
         return [
             "Graph:",
             "  Subcommands:",
-            "    snapshot <query> <from> <to>    take a snapshot of a graph",
+            "    snapshot <query> <from> <to> --events <event-query>     |     take a snapshot of a graph",
+            "    create_embed --graph_json <graph_json> --timeframe <timeframe> --size <size> --legend <legend> --title <title>     |     create a new graph embed",
             "  Options:",
-            "    --events <event-query>          a query for event bands to add to the snapshot"
+            "    --events <event-query>                     a query for event bands to add to the snapshot",
+            "    --graph_json <graph_json> <required>       The json object to send to the DataDog",
+            "    --timeframe  <timeframe> <required>        The timeframe for the embed (1_hour, 4_hours, 1_day, 2_days, and 1_week)",
+            "    --size <size> <required>                   The size of the graph to create (small, medium, large, xlarge)",
+            "    --legend <legend> <required>               Whether or not to have a legend (yes, no)",
+            "    --title <title> <required>                 The title of the embed to create"
+
         ];
     },
     handleCli: function(subcommand, args, callback){
-        if(args._.length > 5){
+        if (args._.length > 5 && subcommand === "snapshot"){
             var query = args._[4];
             var from = parseInt(args._[5]);
             var to = parseInt(args._[6]);
             var eventQuery = args["events"];
             snapshot(query, from, to, eventQuery, callback);
+        } else if (subcommand === "create_embed") {
+            var graph_json = json.parse(args["graph_json"]);
+            var timeframe = args["timeframe"];
+            var size = args["size"];
+            var legend = args["legend"];
+            var title = args["title"];
+            createEmbed(graph_json, timeframe, size, legend, title, callback);
         } else {
             callback("unknown subcommand or arguments try `dogapi graph --help` for help", false);
         }
diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index 14071dd..c89fbc8 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ client.prototype.request = function(method, path, params, callback){
     }
 
     params = params || {};
-    var body = (typeof params["body"] === "object")? json.stringify(params["body"]) : params["body"];
+    var body = (typeof params["body"] === "object") ? json.stringify(params["body"]) : params["body"];
     var query = {
         "api_key": this.api_key,
         "application_key": this.app_key,
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ client.prototype.request = function(method, path, params, callback){
 
     if(["POST", "PUT"].indexOf(http_options["method"]) >= 0){
         http_options["headers"] = {
-            "Content-Type": "application/json",
+            "Content-Type": params["contentType"] ? params["contentType"] : "application/json",
             "Content-Length": body.length,
         };
     }