Python - Requests JSON

#
# converting from CURL to REQUESTS: https://curl.trillworks.com/
#

import requests
import datetime
import pprint # pretty print

#dt = datetime.datetime(2018, 6, 29, 6, 47, 40)

dt = datetime.datetime.now()

td_7mins = datetime.timedelta(minutes=7)

dt = dt - td_7mins # now - 7 minutes

#timestamp = "@timestamp:[{}.000Z TO *]".format(now.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"))
timestamp = dt.strftime("@timestamp:[%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z TO *]")

data = {
    "query": {
        "query_string": {
            "query": timestamp
        }
      },
    "size": 1000
}
print(data)

url = "https://httpbin.org/get" # good for tests

r = requests.get(url, json=data, headers=headers, verify=False, auth=('u_name', 'XXX'))

pprint.pprint(r.json())