esp8266 post json data using usocket

server.py

#listens to the above run to
#FLASK_APP=server.py FLASK_DEBUG=1 python3.5 -m flask run -h 192.168.1.124 -p 8999:
#run this on the local server to listen to socket communication 

from flask import Flask, render_template, jsonify
from flask import request as query

app = Flask(__name__)


@app.route('/', methods=['POST'])
def update_entry():   
    request_json = query.get_json()
    print(request_json)
    return 'got it!'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # socketio.run(app
    app.run()

usocket.py

#run this on the esp8266 to send json
import usocket
# Create a TCP socket that can communicate over the internet.
socketObject = usocket.socket(usocket.AF_INET, usocket.SOCK_STREAM)
# Create a "request" string, which is how we "ask" the web server for data.
data='{"name":"pharzan"}'
request = "POST / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: www.pharzan.com\r\nContent-Length:"+str(len(data))+" \r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\n\r\n"+data+"\r\n\r\n"
print(request)
# Create a variable named "address" that stores the address and port 
# of the web server we wish to communicate with.
address = ("192.168.1.124", 8999)
# Connect the socket object to the web server specified in "address".
socketObject.connect(address)
# Send the "GET" request to the MicroPython web server.  
# A "GET" request asks the server for the web page data.
bytessent = socketObject.send(request)
socketObject.close()
print("Socket closed.")