Getting error while creating an issue using jira rest api and python

Question

a=(issues["fields"]["assignee"]["name"])
#print (a)
tricat = (issues["fields"]["customfield_14307"])
#print(tricat)
url = "http://ontrack-internal.mycpmpany.com/rest/api/latest/issue"
payload = "{	"fields":{"project":{"key":"SSET"},"summary":" + s + ","description":" + (k + s) + ","issuetype":{"name":"Task"},"customfield_12610":{"value":"High"},"components":[{"name":"Other"}],"assignee":{"name":"+ a +"}}}"

headers = {
'authorization': "Basic dGFjY3VzZXI6QUg2NF91aDE=",
'content-type': "application/json",
'cache-control': "no-cache",
'postman-token': "07236ec6-85de-3202-49ce-cfc4e78a0eac"
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Getting error
{"errorMessages":["Unexpected character ('H' (code 72)): expected a valid value (number, String, array, object, 'true', 'false' or 'null')
 at [Source: org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteInputStream@4b650670; line: 4, column: 13]"]}
{
{"errorMessages":["Unexpected character ('U' (code 85)): expected a valid value (number, String, array, object, 'true', 'false' or 'null')
 at [Source: org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteInputStream@4b650670; line: 4, column: 13]"]}

Please help me to resolve it

Shaun S · Answer

Hi Rahul,

My first thought is the method the request is being called with.  If you use :

response = requests.post(url, data=payload, headers=headers)

Does it still return an error?  Additionally you may need to dump the payload to json first before the request is sent.

import json

...

json_data = json.dumps(payload)

response = requests.post(url, data=json_data, headers=headers)

Hope that helps!