title: How to pass a string to a post call, using python requests
body: <p>I'm implementing a jira api call : 
  <a href="https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/server/#api/2/issue-addWatcher" rel="noreferrer">Add watcher to a JIRA issue.</a> </p>
  
  <p>It takes a <code>String</code> parameter instead of <code>JSON</code>. </p>
  
  <p>I'm using <a href="http://docs.python-requests.org/" rel="noreferrer">python requests</a>.</p>
  
  <pre><code>requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>What should be my value of data if the jira documentation says I need to pass just String but <code>requests.post</code> method only accepts JSON? </p>