From 8b946118164dc608e8ca698118c05a305dd72dd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Lasley <dave@laslabs.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:53:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [FIX] Send data via JSON in `call`

---
 red_october/red_october.py            | 17 +++++++++--------
 red_october/tests/test_red_october.py |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/red_october/red_october.py b/red_october/red_october.py
index c4bdc34..d9bf081 100644
--- a/red_october/red_october.py
+++ b/red_october/red_october.py
@@ -337,9 +337,9 @@ def call(self, endpoint, method='POST', params=None, data=None):
         Args:
             endpoint (str): RedOctober endpoint to call (e.g. ``newcert``).
             method (str): HTTP method to utilize for the Request.
-            params: (dict|bytes) Data to be sent in the query string
+            params: (dict or bytes) Data to be sent in the query string
                 for the Request.
-            data: (dict|bytes|file) Data to send in the body of the
+            data: (dict or bytes or file) Data to send in the body of the
                 Request.
         Raises:
             RedOctoberRemoteException: In the event of a ``False`` in the
@@ -350,16 +350,17 @@ def call(self, endpoint, method='POST', params=None, data=None):
                 success.
         """
         endpoint = '%s/%s' % (self.uri_base, endpoint)
-        if data:
-            data.update({
-                'Name': self.name,
-                'Password': self.password,
-            })
+        if data is None:
+            data = {}
+        data.update({
+            'Name': self.name,
+            'Password': self.password,
+        })
         response = requests.request(
             method=method,
             url=endpoint,
             params=params,
-            data=data,
+            json=data,
             verify=self.verify,
         )
         response = response.json()
diff --git a/red_october/tests/test_red_october.py b/red_october/tests/test_red_october.py
index 685cfaf..5f83453 100644
--- a/red_october/tests/test_red_october.py
+++ b/red_october/tests/test_red_october.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def test_call_request(self, requests):
             method='method',
             url='https://test:1/endpoint',
             params='params',
-            data=data,
+            json=data,
             verify=True,
         )