From ac06dde2ad42c0f1504ddc9929017a8acc01fb36 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Nork <48630278+alex-nork@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:57:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update api_endpoint.py

---
 chirps/asset/providers/api_endpoint.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/chirps/asset/providers/api_endpoint.py b/chirps/asset/providers/api_endpoint.py
index 4f95108..ebc71e0 100644
--- a/chirps/asset/providers/api_endpoint.py
+++ b/chirps/asset/providers/api_endpoint.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def decrypted_api_key(self):
 
     def _send_request(self, message: str) -> requests.Response:
         # Convert headers JSON string into a dictionary
-        headers_dict = json.loads(self.headers) if self.headers else {}
+        headers_dict = self.headers or {}
 
         # Build the request headers
         headers = headers_dict.copy()