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| -rw-r--r-- | requests/api.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py index bc2115c1..b02834b1 100644 --- a/requests/api.py +++ b/requests/api.py @@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ This module implements the Requests API. from . import sessions -def request(method, url, **kwargs): +def request(method, url, session=None, **kwargs): """Constructs and sends a :class:`Request <Request>`. :param method: method for the new :class:`Request` object. :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object. + :param session: :class:`Session` object to use for this request. If none is given, one will be provided. :param params: (optional) Dictionary or bytes to be sent in the query string for the :class:`Request`. :param data: (optional) Dictionary or list of tuples ``[(key, value)]`` (will be form-encoded), bytes, or file-like object to send in the body of the :class:`Request`. :param json: (optional) json data to send in the body of the :class:`Request`. @@ -54,7 +55,10 @@ def request(method, url, **kwargs): # By using the 'with' statement we are sure the session is closed, thus we # avoid leaving sockets open which can trigger a ResourceWarning in some # cases, and look like a memory leak in others. - with sessions.Session() as session: + + session = sessions.Session() if session is None else session + + with session: return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs) |