Python POST JSON to PHP json.decoder error

Python/PHP n00b here but I am having issue with trying to use request.post to pull JSON from API request.get and send it to PHP. I am getting an error and the php webpage just outputs array(0) { } my goal is to be able to output the results from the request.get to my webserver on a schedule or timer. Also is it possible to have the results listed as a table on the PHP? If you have any guidance, docs, or tips it would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Python:

while w==1:
    page = requests.get(URL+SKUs+URL2)
    entry = []
    data = page.json()
    for x in range(len(data['products'])):
        sku = data['products'][x]['sku']
        name = data['products'][x]['name']
        price = data['products'][x]['regularPrice']
        man = data['products'][x]['manufacturer']
        order = data['products'][x]['orderable']
        entry.append([sku,name,price,man,order])
    headers = ["SKU","Name","Price","Manufacturer","Status"]
    r = requests.post(web_server,data=data,verify=False)
    print(tabulate(entry,headers, tablefmt="fancy_grid"))
    print (r.json())

Server side PHP:

<?php
var_dump($_POST);
?>

Webpage:

array(0) { }

Traceback error:

 File "\venv\Scripts\BestRestAPI.py", line 29, in <module>
    print (r.json())
  File "\\venv\lib\site-packages\requests\models.py", line 900, in json
    return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs)
  File "\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67892861/python-post-json-to-php-json-decoder-error