Python Create Course

import requests

token=''
def createNewCourse(title, code):
    payload = {'course[account_id]' : 'AccountIDGoesHere',
               'course[name]' : 'TitleGoesHere',
               'course[course_code]': 'CourseCodeHere',
               'offer' : 'TrueOrFalse'}
    newCourseRequest = requests.post('https://xxxxx.instructure.com/api/v1/accounts/97825/courses', params = payload, headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + '%s' % token})
    newCourseResponse = newCourseRequest.json()
    print "The new course id is: " + str(newCourseResponse[u'id'])
    print "The new course's name is: " +    str(newCourseResponse[u'name'])