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"Having trouble with requests post in Python—any tips?"

Hey folks!

I’ve been messing around with requests post python for API calls, but it’s not working like I expected.

Sometimes the data doesn’t send, or I get weird errors. Am I missing something obvious?

Here’s what I’m trying:

```python
import requests
response = requests.post(url, json={'key': 'value'})
```

But the server acts like it’s getting nada.

Are headers mandatory? Should I use `data=` instead of `json=`?

Also, how do you guys handle timeouts and retries? Feels like my code’s kinda fragile rn.

Any examples or pro tips would be clutch!

Thanks in advance 🙏