JSON files not uploading to /files endpoint "Error uploading file: { "error": { "message": "Invalid file format

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My JSON file is not uploading to the /files endpoint, which looks as follows:

[{“ticket_id”: 1, “ticket_description”: “I am unable to connect to the VPN”, “ticket_status”: “open”, “ticket_priority”: “high”, “ticket_category”: “IT”}, {“ticket_id”: 2, “ticket_description”: “My computer is running slow”, “ticket_status”: “open”, “ticket_priority”: “low”, “ticket_category”: “IT”}, {“ticket_id”: 3, “ticket_description”: “I am unable to print”, “ticket_status”: “open”, “ticket_priority”: “medium”, “ticket_category”: “IT”}, {“ticket_id”: 4, “ticket_description”: “I am unable to connect to the VPN”, “ticket_status”: “open”, “ticket_priority”: “high”, “ticket_category”: “IT”}, {“ticket_id”: 5, “ticket_description”: “My computer is running slow”, “ticket_status”: “open”, “ticket_priority”: “low”, “ticket_category”: “IT”}]

I’m doing something like:

def upload_file_to_openai(filepath: str, purpose: str):
    api_key = os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
    if not api_key:
        raise ValueError("OpenAI API key not found in environment variables.")

    url = "https://api.openai.com/v1/files"
    headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"}

    with open(filepath, "rb") as file:
        # Read and decode file contents
        file_content = file.read().decode('utf-8')
    
    print(file_content)

    # Prepare the file payload as a file-like object
    files = {'file': file_content}
    data = {'purpose': purpose}

    # Send the POST request
    response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, files=files, data=data)

    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("File uploaded successfully.")
        return response.json()
    else:
        print(f"Error uploading file: {response.text}")
        return None

What am I doing wrong?
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