Python requests module - POST failing - invalid character 'o' -

i trying convert raw curl command use python request module no luck. simple request query jboss mgmt interface not parse json correctly.

16:34:26,868 debug [org.jboss.as.domain.http.api] (httpmanagementservice-threads - 15) unable construct modelnode 'invalid character: o' 

python version

python 2.7.6 

working raw curl command:

/usr/bin/curl --digest -v -l -d - 'http://brenn:!12rori@localhost:9990/management' --header content-type:application/json '-d {"operation":"read-attribute","name":"server-state","json.pretty":1}' 

in python code read in rest/curl payload

import requests ---- def readconfigfile():     open('jboss_modification.cfg') f:         lines = f.readlines()     return lines 

the config file looks so

{"operation":"read-attribute","name":"server-state","json.pretty":1} 

i convert str format readconfigfile() dictionary follows

def converttodictionary(incominglines): commands = [] lin in incominglines:     #dumps = json.dumps(lin)     obj = json.loads(lin)     commands.append(obj) return commands 

the python code execute request follows

def applyconfig(lines):     url="http://localhost:9990/management"     auth=httpbasicauth('brenn', '!12rori')     s = requests.session()     re=s.get(url,  auth=httpdigestauth('brenn', '!12rori')) ##200 resp     s.headers.update({'content-type': 'application/json'})     line in lines:         payload=line         r=s.post(url,payload)         print(r.text) 

any appreciated?

note: question has been updated few times resolved other issues....

the issues was...

initial json requestfailed because when read file python interpreted str.

converted dictionary using json.loads , server accepted request not parse json illegal character error

converted json str using json.dumps -- mind looks trying in first place -- , works

1. read json file per def readconfigfile(): above
2. convert json/dictionary per def converttodictionary above: json.loads(lin)

3. convert json "back" string using json.dumps , post follows

   payload = json.dumps(command)  r = session.post(url, payload,auth=httpdigestauth('brenn', '!12rori') 

)