From 929e5c949589909ebcf8d50de194de5573869d9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Range <range.jan@web.de>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 14:12:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] pass `data` as `json` to request method

---
 pyDataverse/api.py | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyDataverse/api.py b/pyDataverse/api.py
index eb7d51e..118560b 100644
--- a/pyDataverse/api.py
+++ b/pyDataverse/api.py
@@ -167,11 +167,14 @@ def post_request(self, url, data=None, auth=False, params=None, files=None):
         if self.api_token:
             params["key"] = self.api_token
 
+        if isinstance(data, str):
+            data = json.loads(data)
+
         if self.client is None:
             return self._sync_request(
                 method=httpx.post,
                 url=url,
-                data=data,
+                json=data,
                 params=params,
                 files=files,
             )
@@ -179,7 +182,7 @@ def post_request(self, url, data=None, auth=False, params=None, files=None):
             return self._async_request(
                 method=self.client.post,
                 url=url,
-                data=data,
+                json=data,
                 params=params,
                 files=files,
             )
@@ -210,18 +213,21 @@ def put_request(self, url, data=None, auth=False, params=None):
         if self.api_token:
             params["key"] = self.api_token
 
+        if isinstance(data, str):
+            data = json.loads(data)
+
         if self.client is None:
             return self._sync_request(
                 method=httpx.put,
                 url=url,
-                data=data,
+                json=data,
                 params=params,
             )
         else:
             return self._async_request(
                 method=self.client.put,
                 url=url,
-                data=data,
+                json=data,
                 params=params,
             )
 
@@ -287,7 +293,6 @@ def _sync_request(
 
         try:
             resp = method(**kwargs, follow_redirects=True)
-
             if resp.status_code == 401:
                 error_msg = resp.json()["message"]
                 raise ApiAuthorizationError(