twilio · manisha1997 · Dec 1, 2023 · Nov 27, 2023 · Nov 27, 2023 · Nov 27, 2023
diff --git a/twilio/http/http_client.py b/twilio/http/http_client.py
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ def __init__(
    ):
        """
        Constructor for the TwilioHttpClient
-
        :param pool_connections
        :param request_hooks
        :param timeout: Timeout for the requests.
-                        Timeout should never be zero (0) or less.
+                    Timeout should never be zero (0) or less
        :param logger
        :param proxy: Http proxy for the requests session
        :param max_retries: Maximum number of retries each request should attempt
@@ -65,10 +64,10 @@ def request(
        :param headers: HTTP Headers to send with the request
        :param auth: Basic Auth arguments
        :param timeout: Socket/Read timeout for the request
-        :param allow_redirects: Whether or not to allow redirects
+        :param allow_redirects: Whether to allow redirects
        See the requests documentation for explanation of all these parameters

-        :return: An http response
+        :return: An HTTP response
        """
        if timeout is None:
            timeout = self.timeout
@@ -79,12 +78,14 @@ def request(
            "method": method.upper(),
            "url": url,
            "params": params,
-            "data": data,
            "headers": headers,
            "auth": auth,
            "hooks": self.request_hooks,
        }
-
+        if headers and headers.get("Content-Type") == "application/json":
+            kwargs["json"] = data
+        else:
+            kwargs["data"] = data
        self.log_request(kwargs)

        self._test_only_last_response = None