shells script help for IFTTT and Webhooks

I am trying to execute a shell script from within Applescript but can't figure out the proper command.

The script I get from WebHooks looks like this:

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do shell script "curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"value1":"Garage","value2":"Door","value3":"Alert"}' https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/Notify/with/key/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

The only thing I can get to work, albeit without passing the variables to WebHooks, is this:

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do shell script "curl -d 'data1=Garage&data2=door&text3=Alert' https://maker.ifttt.com/trigger/Garage_Door_Alert/with/key/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

I'd like to be able to change the data fields to suit the alarms and motion detectors that are going off around the house, but I don't know how to pass the variable.

Can anyone please help?

First things first. Where are you running this command? From inside Indigo? Because you really need to be getting away from using AppleScript wherever possible.

Second, have you looked at using the IFTTT plugin to make the call? http://www.indigodomo.com/pluginstore/49/. I think it would work for this use case.

If that doesn't work, doing this with a simple Python script is easy.