text: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  """
  requests.api
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  
  This module implements the Requests API.
  
  :copyright: (c) 2012 by Kenneth Reitz.
  :license: Apache2, see LICENSE for more details.
  
  """
  
  from . import sessions
  
  
  def request(method, url, **kwargs):
      """Constructs and sends a :class:`Request <Request>`.
      Returns :class:`Response <Response>` object.
  
      :param method: method for the new :class:`Request` object.
      :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
      :param params: (optional) Dictionary or bytes to be sent in the query string for the :class:`Request`.
      :param data: (optional) Dictionary, bytes, or file-like object to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
      :param headers: (optional) Dictionary of HTTP Headers to send with the :class:`Request`.
      :param cookies: (optional) Dict or CookieJar object to send with the :class:`Request`.
      :param files: (optional) Dictionary of ``'name': file-like-objects`` (or ``{'name': ('filename', fileobj)}``) for multipart encoding upload.
      :param auth: (optional) Auth tuple to enable Basic/Digest/Custom HTTP Auth.
      :param timeout: (optional) How long to wait for the server to send data
          before giving up, as a float, or a (`connect timeout, read timeout
          <user/advanced.html#timeouts>`_) tuple.
      :type timeout: float or tuple
      :param allow_redirects: (optional) Boolean. Set to True if POST/PUT/DELETE redirect following is allowed.
      :type allow_redirects: bool
      :param proxies: (optional) Dictionary mapping protocol to the URL of the proxy.
      :param verify: (optional) if ``True``, the SSL cert will be verified. A CA_BUNDLE path can also be provided.
      :param stream: (optional) if ``False``, the response content will be immediately downloaded.
      :param cert: (optional) if String, path to ssl client cert file (.pem). If Tuple, ('cert', 'key') pair.
  
      Usage::
  
        >>> import requests
        >>> req = requests.request('GET', 'http://httpbin.org/get')
        <Response [200]>
      """
  
      session = sessions.Session()
      return session.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)
  
  
  def get(url, **kwargs):
      """Sends a GET request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
  
      :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
      :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
      """
  
      kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
      return request('get', url, **kwargs)
  
  
  def options(url, **kwargs):
      """Sends a OPTIONS request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
  
      :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
      :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
      """
  
      kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
      return request('options', url, **kwargs)
  
  
  def head(url, **kwargs):
      """Sends a HEAD request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
  
      :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
      :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
      """
  
      kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', False)
      return request('head', url, **kwargs)
  
  
  def post(url, data=None, **kwargs):
      """Sends a POST request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
  
      :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
      :param data: (optional) Dictionary, bytes, or file-like object to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
      :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
      """
  
      return request('post', url, data=data, **kwargs)
  
  
  def put(url, data=None, **kwargs):
      """Sends a PUT request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
  
      :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
      :param data: (optional) Dictionary, bytes, or file-like object to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
      :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
      """
  
      return request('put', url, data=data, **kwargs)
  
  
  def patch(url, data=None, **kwargs):
      """Sends a PATCH request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
  
      :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
      :param data: (optional) Dictionary, bytes, or file-like object to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
      :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
      """
  
      return request('patch', url,  data=data, **kwargs)
  
  
  def delete(url, **kwargs):
      """Sends a DELETE request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
  
      :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
      :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
      """
  
      return request('delete', url, **kwargs)
  