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Diffstat (limited to 'requests/api.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | requests/api.py | 14 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py index 01d853d..4eaaf9e 100644 --- a/requests/api.py +++ b/requests/api.py @@ -22,12 +22,17 @@ def request(method, url, **kwargs): :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 json: (optional) json data 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 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) Float describing the timeout of the request in seconds. + :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. @@ -77,15 +82,16 @@ def head(url, **kwargs): return request('head', url, **kwargs) -def post(url, data=None, **kwargs): +def post(url, data=None, json=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 json: (optional) json data to send in the body of the :class:`Request`. :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes. """ - return request('post', url, data=data, **kwargs) + return request('post', url, data=data, json=json, **kwargs) def put(url, data=None, **kwargs): |