get_category_posts works for id but not slugs

https://www.site.com/?json=get_category_index shows:

"categories": [
    {
      "id": 6,
      "slug": "our-doctors",
      "title": "Our Doctors",
      "description": "",
      "parent": 0,
      "post_count": 5
    },

https://www.site.com/?json=get_category_posts&slug=our-doctors shows:

{
  "status": "error",
  "error": "Not found."
}

Yet, I can get the results I need with: https://www.site.com/?json=get_category_posts&id=6

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