1 files changed, 10 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index 9e0c96f..b7d4158 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -6,28 +6,14 @@ requests.api
 
 This module implements the Requests API.
 
-:copyright: (c) 2011 by Kenneth Reitz.
+:copyright: (c) 2012 by Kenneth Reitz.
 :license: ISC, see LICENSE for more details.
 
 """
 
-from .sessions import session
-
-
-def request(method, url,
-    params=None,
-    data=None,
-    headers=None,
-    cookies=None,
-    files=None,
-    auth=None,
-    timeout=None,
-    allow_redirects=False,
-    proxies=None,
-    hooks=None,
-    return_response=True,
-    prefetch=False,
-    config=None):
+from . import sessions
+
+def request(method, url, **kwargs):
     """Constructs and sends a :class:`Request <Request>`.
     Returns :class:`Response <Response>` object.
 
@@ -38,32 +24,19 @@ def request(method, url,
     :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 typle to enable Basic/Digest/Custom HTTP Auth.
+    :param auth: (optional) Auth tuple to enable Basic/Digest/Custom HTTP Auth.
     :param timeout: (optional) Float describing the timeout of the request.
     :param allow_redirects: (optional) Boolean. Set to True if POST/PUT/DELETE redirect following is allowed.
     :param proxies: (optional) Dictionary mapping protocol to the URL of the proxy.
     :param return_response: (optional) If False, an un-sent Request object will returned.
+    :param session: (optional) A :class:`Session` object to be used for the request.
     :param config: (optional) A configuration dictionary.
+    :param verify: (optional) if ``True``, the SSL cert will be verified. A CA_BUNDLE path can also be provided.
+    :param prefetch: (optional) if ``True``, the response content will be immediately downloaded.
     """
 
-    s = session()
-    return s.request(
-        method=method,
-        url=url,
-        params=params,
-        data=data,
-        headers=headers,
-        cookies=cookies,
-        files=files,
-        auth=auth,
-        timeout=timeout,
-        allow_redirects=allow_redirects,
-        proxies=proxies,
-        hooks=hooks,
-        return_response=return_response,
-        config=config,
-        prefetch=prefetch
-    )
+    s = kwargs.pop('session') if 'session' in kwargs else sessions.session()
+    return s.request(method=method, url=url, **kwargs)