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+# -*- 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 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 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, 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, json=json, **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)