service returning json.decoder.JSONDecodeError with PUT/PATCH request

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I have implemented this in my Azure environment. GET/DELETE work. PUT/PATCH do not. I keep getting:
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 1 column 2 (char 1)'

returned from the Log Stream when I input:
curl -s -X PATCH https://{mysite}.azurewebsites.net/nordicid/6223F1E1-A9A0-403B-82C1-00BA031832D7 -d 'nordicpersonid={"PersonNameLast": "Abshireo"}'

I'm just trying to update the person last name.

flask==1.1.4 (was getting opencensus-ext-flask error with 2.0)

Table definition:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[NordicID]( [NordicPersonID] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL, [PersonNameLast] [varchar](50) NULL, [PersonNameFirst] [varchar](50) NULL, [OtherEntityType] [char](50) NULL, [OtherEntityName] [char](50) NULL, [OtherEntityID] [int] NOT NULL, [CreatedDate] [datetime] NOT NULL,

proc definition:
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE web.patch_NordicID @Json NVARCHAR(MAX) AS SET NOCOUNT ON; DECLARE @NordicID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER = JSON_VALUE(@Json, '$.NordicPersonID'); WITH [source] AS ( SELECT * FROM OPENJSON(@Json) WITH ( [NordicPersonID] UNIQUEIDENTIFIER, [PersonNameLast] VARCHAR(50), [PersonNameFirst] VARCHAR(50), [OtherEntityType] CHAR(50), [OtherEntityName] CHAR(50), [OtherEntityID] INT, [CreatedDate] DATETIME ) ) UPDATE t SET t.[PersonNameLast] = COALESCE(s.[PersonNameLast], t.[PersonNameLast]), t.[PersonNameFirst] = COALESCE(s.[PersonNameFirst], t.[PersonNameFirst]), t.[OtherEntityType] = COALESCE(s.[OtherEntityType], t.[OtherEntityType]), t.[OtherEntityName] = COALESCE(s.[OtherEntityName], t.[OtherEntityName]), t.[OtherEntityID] = COALESCE(s.[OtherEntityID], t.[OtherEntityID]), t.[CreatedDate] = COALESCE(s.[CreatedDate], t.[CreatedDate]) FROM [Wellward].[NordicID] t INNER JOIN [source] s ON t.[NordicPersonID] = s.[NordicPersonID] WHERE t.NordicPersonID = @NordicID; DECLARE @Json2 NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'{"NordicPersonID": "' + CAST(@NordicID AS NVARCHAR(255)) + N'"}' EXEC web.get_NordicID @Json2;

parser and patch def with my notes in application.py:
parser.add_argument('nordicpersonid', type=str) def patch(self, nordic_id): # nordic_id = function parms args = parser.parse_args() nordic = json.loads(args['nordicpersonid']) nordic["NordicID"] = nordic_id # this builds the payload; 'NordicID' = tablename, nordic_id = parm result = self.executeQueryJson("patch", nordic) # procedure/verb, payload return result, 202

routes:
api.add_resource(NordicID, '/nordicid', '/nordicid/<nordic_id>') # nordicid = procname suffix, nordic_id = parm
requirements.txt
application.txt

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just figured it out. it was PowerShell "handling" the double quotes. instead of " I needed /" in my curl call from posh