prevent empty data payload from being send to host

This commit addresses an issue where an empty data payload would be send
to the host as an empty array or empty object.  This change will now
check if the data is empty and not attempting to send it to the host if
it is.

galaxy.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace: itential
 name: core
 
 # The version of the collection. Must be compatible with semantic versioning
-version: 1.0.1
+version: 1.0.0
 
 # The path to the Markdown (.md) readme file. This path is relative to the root of the collection
 readme: README.md

plugins/module_utils/http.py

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ def send_request(method, url, headers=None, data=None, params=None, auth=None, t
         "method": method,
         "url": url,
         "headers": headers,
-        "data": data,
         "params": params,
         "verify": verify,
     }
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ def send_request(method, url, headers=None, data=None, params=None, auth=None, t
     if certificate_file is not None and private_key_file is not None:
         kwargs["cert"] = (certificate_file, private_key_file)
 
-    if isinstance(kwargs.get("data"), (dict, list)):
+    if isinstance(kwargs.get("data"), (dict, list)) and kwargs.get("data"):
         kwargs["data"] = json.dumps(data)
 
     display.vvvvv(f"Request object: {kwargs}")