import requests
import json
url="https://www.umass.edu/peoplefinder/"

headers = {'content-type': 'application/json'}
searchData={'q': 'Alex'}
response=requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(searchData), headers=headers)
content = response.json()
print(content)

{
    "ErrorHint": "",
    "ErrorCode": 0,
    "OverflowFlag": true,
    "Results": [{
    "Affil": ["Employee"],
    "Vcard": "/peoplefinder/vcard/xxxxxxxxxxx",
    "Title": "xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "Phone": ["xxxxxxx"],
    "Dept": ["xxxxxxxxxxx"],
    "Building": ["xxxxxxxxxx"],
    "Email": "xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "Name": "xxxxxxxxx"
}