Support missing for Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded in dcnm_rest module

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Ansible Version and collection version

ansible --version

ansible [core 2.16.3]
config file = None
configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ansible
ansible collection location = /root/.ansible/collections:/usr/share/ansible/collections
executable location = /usr/bin/ansible
python version = 3.12.3 (main, Jan 17 2025, 18:03:48) [GCC 13.3.0] (/usr/bin/python3)
jinja version = 3.1.2
libyaml = True

ansible-galaxy collection list | grep dcnm

cisco.dcnm 3.6.0

DCNM version

Nexus Dashboard: 3.2.1e

Affected module(s)

• dcnm_rest

Ansible Playbook

---
- hosts: dcnm_controllers
  gather_facts: false
  connection: ansible.netcommon.httpapi

  tasks:
    - name: Set Default Credentials
      cisco.dcnm.dcnm_rest:
        method: POST
        path: /appcenter/cisco/ndfc/api/v1/lan-fabric/rest/lanConfig/saveRobotCredentials
        json_data: '{"password": "password","confirmPassword": "password","isRobot":true,"username": "admin"}'
      register: result
    - debug:
        var: result

Inventory File

[dcnm_controllers]
x.x.x.x

[dcnm_controllers:vars]
ansible_user=admin
ansible_ssh_pass=password
ansible_network_os=cisco.dcnm.dcnm
ansible_httpapi_validate_certs=False
ansible_httpapi_use_ssl=True
ansible_httpapi_login_domain=local

Debug Output

Expected Behavior

We should be able to make changes to NDFC using the dcnm_rest module for API paths which support "Content-Type: application/x-wwww-form-urlencoded"

Actual Behavior

Getting a 500 error.

Steps to Reproduce

Only 1 step i.e. run the playbook.

ansible-playbook -i inventory default_creds.yml

References

NA