API Request / JSON

[illmattic]

Hello,

I am having difficulty pulling data from an API which says that parameter content needs to be application/json. Here is the link to the the api notes http://www.nfib-sbet.org/developers/

Here is the code I have:

url = "http://open.api.nfib-sbet.org/rest/sbetdb/_proc/getIndicators"
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "app_name": "sbet"
}

data = {
    "params": [
        { "name": "minYear", "param_type": "IN", "value": 2010 },
        { "name": "minMonth", "param_type": "IN", "value": 6 },
        { "name": "maxYear", "param_type": "IN", "value": 2010 },
        { "name": "maxMonth", "param_type": "IN", "value": 12 },
        { "name": "indicator", "param_type": "IN", "value": "OPT_INDEX" }
    ]
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(data))

I keep getting 400 responses. I tried a few slightly different variations but nothing seems to work. I've looked through the api notes and can't figure out what i'm doing wrong. any help would be much appreciated.

Matt