From 4e7a0c7337e7dc81b97d96653bdf7dcdc4137663 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gary Pendergast <gary@pento.net>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2018 13:58:39 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Send API requests as a JSON blob, instead of form encoded
 data. (#5971)

Fixes #5867.
---
 lib/compat.php | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/compat.php b/lib/compat.php
index e0372a72fadabd..c6328b0568644d 100644
--- a/lib/compat.php
+++ b/lib/compat.php
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ function gutenberg_shim_api_request_emulate_http( $scripts ) {
 				}
 				options.headers['X-HTTP-Method-Override'] = options.method;
 				options.method = 'POST';
+
+				options.contentType = 'application/json';
+				options.data = JSON.stringify( options.data );
 			}
 		}