" ch.setopt(ch.HTTPPOST, data.items()) TypeError: invalid arguments to setopt" i am getting this error

Question

When I put all my authorization data into

data = {
  'token': 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
  'content': 'file',
  'action': 'import',
  'record': '',
  'field': 'record_id',
  'event': '',
  'returnFormat': 'csv',
  'file': '(pycurl.FORM_FILE, file)'
}

I get error at

h.setopt(ch.HTTPPOST, data.items())

which says

ch.setopt(ch.HTTPPOST, data.items()) TypeError: invalid arguments to setopt`

The rest of the code:

ch.setopt(ch.POST, 1)
ch.setopt(ch.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0)
ch.setopt(ch.HTTPPOST, data.items())
ch.setopt(ch.WRITEFUNCTION, e.write)
ch.perform()