Sending json with tsung POST request

Question

I'm trying to create a POST request with Tsung

<request> 
  <http url="api.whatever.com" method="POST" version="1.1" contents=""></http>
</request>

How can I send a JSON document in the contents attribute?

contents='{"name": "alex"}' 

is of course invalid...

Is there a way I can send JSON with my POST request?

Answer 1

I was able to do this by replacing " " and adding the content type header application/json

So my example would become:

content_type='application/json' contents='{"name": "alex"}