'Sends a PATCH request. Returns :class:`Response` object.
:param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
:param data: (optional) Dictionary or bytes to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
:param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.'

def patch(self, url, data=None, **kwargs):

    return self.request('patch', url, data=data, **kwargs)
