Activating camunda start with payload in spring webclient

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Hi
i a working on camunda run time standalone with external tasks and i want to call the start flow rest in my spring boot application with with a payload that i can get the payload in the variables - i am trying do it with spring webclient but with no success
the following just for the test
//build payload
JSONObject camundaValueJson = new JSONObject();
camundaValueJson.put(“value”,“aStringValue”);
camundaValueJson.put(“type”,“String”);
JSONObject camundaParameterJson = new JSONObject();
camundaParameterJson.put(“aVariable”,camundaValueJson);
JSONObject camundaRequest = new JSONObject();
camundaRequest.put(“variables”,camundaParameterJson);
String s = camundaRequest.toString();

//call start
webClient.post().uri(“/process-definition/key/{key}/start”,“PaymentProcessTestId”) .bodyValue(s)
.retrieve()
.bodyToMono(String.class)
.block();

but i get an error no 415 UNSUPPORTED_MEDIA_TYPE
when i am trying to pass a josn object

webClient.post().uri(“/process-definition/key/{key}/start”,“PaymentProcessTestId”) …body(BodyInserters.fromValue(camundaRequest))
.retrieve()
.bodyToMono(String.class)
.block();

It calls the camunda external task but i dont get the payload in the variable list of the externalTask

what is the correct way of sending it in spring boot webClinet