Paypal API call produces 415 status - node.js

I set up my express app to listen for Paypal webhooks of my sandbox app. Then I try to verify the integrity of the data via the verify-webhook-signature API endpoint. I use the request module for that. But all I get is a 415 Unsupported Media Type status code and an empty body. This is my code:
app.post('/webhooks', function (req, res) {
if (req.body.event_type == 'PAYMENT.CAPTURE.COMPLETED') {
headers = {
'Accept' : 'application/json',
'Content-Type' : 'application/json',
'Authorization' : 'Bearer <AUTH_TOKEN>'
}
// Get the data for the API call of the webhook request
data = {
'transmission_id': req.headers['paypal-transmission-id'],
'transmission_time': req.headers['paypal-transmission-time'],
'cert_url': req.headers['paypal-cert-url'],
'auth_algo': req.headers['paypal-auth-algo'],
'transmission_sig': req.headers['paypal-transmission-sig'],
'webhook_id': '41G05244UL253035G',
'webhook_event' : req.body
}
request.post({
url: 'https://api.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/notifications/verify-webhook-signature',
headers: headers,
form: data,
}, (error, response, body) => {
if (error) {
console.error(error)
return
}
console.log(response.statusCode);
});
}
res.sendStatus(200);
});
What is wrong with this data?
Edit: Changing 'form: data' to 'body: JSON.stringify(data)' did it.

Why are you sending back a form post? Don't post a form. Send back raw data.

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