Esempio n. 1
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    def __setstate__(self, state):
        redirect_cache = state.pop('redirect_cache', {})
        for attr, value in state.items():
            setattr(self, attr, value)

        self.redirect_cache = RecentlyUsedContainer(REDIRECT_CACHE_SIZE)
        for redirect, to in redirect_cache.items():
            self.redirect_cache[redirect] = to
Esempio n. 2
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    def __init__(self):

        #: A case-insensitive dictionary of headers to be sent on each
        #: :class:`Request <Request>` sent from this
        #: :class:`Session <Session>`.
        self.headers = default_headers()

        #: Default Authentication tuple or object to attach to
        #: :class:`Request <Request>`.
        self.auth = None

        #: Dictionary mapping protocol or protocol and host to the URL of the proxy
        #: (e.g. {'http': 'foo.bar:3128', 'http://host.name': 'foo.bar:4012'}) to
        #: be used on each :class:`Request <Request>`.
        self.proxies = {}

        #: Event-handling hooks.
        self.hooks = default_hooks()

        #: Dictionary of querystring data to attach to each
        #: :class:`Request <Request>`. The dictionary values may be lists for
        #: representing multivalued query parameters.
        self.params = {}

        #: Stream response content default.
        self.stream = False

        #: SSL Verification default.
        self.verify = True

        #: SSL client certificate default, if String, path to ssl client
        #: cert file (.pem). If Tuple, ('cert', 'key') pair.
        self.cert = None

        #: Maximum number of redirects allowed. If the request exceeds this
        #: limit, a :class:`TooManyRedirects` exception is raised.
        #: This defaults to requests.models.DEFAULT_REDIRECT_LIMIT, which is
        #: 30.
        self.max_redirects = DEFAULT_REDIRECT_LIMIT

        #: Trust environment settings for proxy configuration, default
        #: authentication and similar.
        self.trust_env = True

        #: A CookieJar containing all currently outstanding cookies set on this
        #: session. By default it is a
        #: :class:`RequestsCookieJar <requests.cookies.RequestsCookieJar>`, but
        #: may be any other ``cookielib.CookieJar`` compatible object.
        self.cookies = cookiejar_from_dict({})

        # Default connection adapters.
        self.adapters = OrderedDict()
        self.mount('https://', HTTPAdapter())
        self.mount('http://', HTTPAdapter())

        # Only store 1000 redirects to prevent using infinite memory
        self.redirect_cache = RecentlyUsedContainer(REDIRECT_CACHE_SIZE)
Esempio n. 3
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    def __setstate__(self, state):
        redirect_cache = state.pop('redirect_cache', {})
        for attr, value in state.items():
            setattr(self, attr, value)

        self.redirect_cache = RecentlyUsedContainer(REDIRECT_CACHE_SIZE)
        for redirect, to in redirect_cache.items():
            self.redirect_cache[redirect] = to
Esempio n. 4
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    def __init__(self):

        #: A case-insensitive dictionary of headers to be sent on each
        #: :class:`Request <Request>` sent from this
        #: :class:`Session <Session>`.
        self.headers = default_headers()

        #: Default Authentication tuple or object to attach to
        #: :class:`Request <Request>`.
        self.auth = None

        #: Dictionary mapping protocol or protocol and host to the URL of the proxy
        #: (e.g. {'http': 'foo.bar:3128', 'http://host.name': 'foo.bar:4012'}) to
        #: be used on each :class:`Request <Request>`.
        self.proxies = {}

        #: Event-handling hooks.
        self.hooks = default_hooks()

        #: Dictionary of querystring data to attach to each
        #: :class:`Request <Request>`. The dictionary values may be lists for
        #: representing multivalued query parameters.
        self.params = {}

        #: Stream response content default.
        self.stream = False

        #: SSL Verification default.
        self.verify = True

        #: SSL certificate default.
        self.cert = None

        #: Maximum number of redirects allowed. If the request exceeds this
        #: limit, a :class:`TooManyRedirects` exception is raised.
        self.max_redirects = DEFAULT_REDIRECT_LIMIT

        #: Trust environment settings for proxy configuration, default
        #: authentication and similar.
        self.trust_env = True

        #: A CookieJar containing all currently outstanding cookies set on this
        #: session. By default it is a
        #: :class:`RequestsCookieJar <requests.cookies.RequestsCookieJar>`, but
        #: may be any other ``cookielib.CookieJar`` compatible object.
        self.cookies = cookiejar_from_dict({})

        # Default connection adapters.
        self.adapters = OrderedDict()
        self.mount('https://', HTTPAdapter())
        self.mount('http://', HTTPAdapter())

        # Only store 1000 redirects to prevent using infinite memory
        self.redirect_cache = RecentlyUsedContainer(REDIRECT_CACHE_SIZE)
Esempio n. 5
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class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
    """A Requests session.

    Provides cookie persistence, connection-pooling, and configuration.

    Basic Usage::

      >>> import requests
      >>> s = requests.Session()
      >>> s.get('http://httpbin.org/get')
      <Response [200]>

    Or as a context manager::

      >>> with requests.Session() as s:
      >>>     s.get('http://httpbin.org/get')
      <Response [200]>
    """

    __attrs__ = [
        'headers', 'cookies', 'auth', 'proxies', 'hooks', 'params', 'verify',
        'cert', 'prefetch', 'adapters', 'stream', 'trust_env',
        'max_redirects',
    ]

    def __init__(self):

        #: A case-insensitive dictionary of headers to be sent on each
        #: :class:`Request <Request>` sent from this
        #: :class:`Session <Session>`.
        self.headers = default_headers()

        #: Default Authentication tuple or object to attach to
        #: :class:`Request <Request>`.
        self.auth = None

        #: Dictionary mapping protocol or protocol and host to the URL of the proxy
        #: (e.g. {'http': 'foo.bar:3128', 'http://host.name': 'foo.bar:4012'}) to
        #: be used on each :class:`Request <Request>`.
        self.proxies = {}

        #: Event-handling hooks.
        self.hooks = default_hooks()

        #: Dictionary of querystring data to attach to each
        #: :class:`Request <Request>`. The dictionary values may be lists for
        #: representing multivalued query parameters.
        self.params = {}

        #: Stream response content default.
        self.stream = False

        #: SSL Verification default.
        self.verify = True

        #: SSL certificate default.
        self.cert = None

        #: Maximum number of redirects allowed. If the request exceeds this
        #: limit, a :class:`TooManyRedirects` exception is raised.
        self.max_redirects = DEFAULT_REDIRECT_LIMIT

        #: Trust environment settings for proxy configuration, default
        #: authentication and similar.
        self.trust_env = True

        #: A CookieJar containing all currently outstanding cookies set on this
        #: session. By default it is a
        #: :class:`RequestsCookieJar <requests.cookies.RequestsCookieJar>`, but
        #: may be any other ``cookielib.CookieJar`` compatible object.
        self.cookies = cookiejar_from_dict({})

        # Default connection adapters.
        self.adapters = OrderedDict()
        self.mount('https://', HTTPAdapter())
        self.mount('http://', HTTPAdapter())

        # Only store 1000 redirects to prevent using infinite memory
        self.redirect_cache = RecentlyUsedContainer(REDIRECT_CACHE_SIZE)

    def __enter__(self):
        return self

    def __exit__(self, *args):
        self.close()

    def prepare_request(self, request):
        """Constructs a :class:`PreparedRequest <PreparedRequest>` for
        transmission and returns it. The :class:`PreparedRequest` has settings
        merged from the :class:`Request <Request>` instance and those of the
        :class:`Session`.

        :param request: :class:`Request` instance to prepare with this
            session's settings.
        """
        cookies = request.cookies or {}

        # Bootstrap CookieJar.
        if not isinstance(cookies, cookielib.CookieJar):
            cookies = cookiejar_from_dict(cookies)

        # Merge with session cookies
        merged_cookies = merge_cookies(
            merge_cookies(RequestsCookieJar(), self.cookies), cookies)


        # Set environment's basic authentication if not explicitly set.
        auth = request.auth
        if self.trust_env and not auth and not self.auth:
            auth = get_netrc_auth(request.url)

        p = PreparedRequest()
        p.prepare(
            method=request.method.upper(),
            url=request.url,
            files=request.files,
            data=request.data,
            json=request.json,
            headers=merge_setting(request.headers, self.headers, dict_class=CaseInsensitiveDict),
            params=merge_setting(request.params, self.params),
            auth=merge_setting(auth, self.auth),
            cookies=merged_cookies,
            hooks=merge_hooks(request.hooks, self.hooks),
        )
        return p

    def request(self, method, url,
        params=None,
        data=None,
        headers=None,
        cookies=None,
        files=None,
        auth=None,
        timeout=None,
        allow_redirects=True,
        proxies=None,
        hooks=None,
        stream=None,
        verify=True,
        cert=None,
        json=None):
        """Constructs a :class:`Request <Request>`, prepares it and sends it.
        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 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 ``'filename': file-like-objects``
            for multipart encoding upload.
        :param auth: (optional) Auth tuple or callable 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 :ref:`(connect timeout,
            read timeout) <timeouts>` tuple.
        :type timeout: float or tuple
        :param allow_redirects: (optional) Set to True by default.
        :type allow_redirects: bool
        :param proxies: (optional) Dictionary mapping protocol or protocol and
            hostname to the URL of the proxy.
        :param stream: (optional) whether to immediately download the response
            content. Defaults to ``False``.
        :param verify: (optional) if ``True``, the SSL cert will be verified.
            A CA_BUNDLE path can also be provided.
        :param cert: (optional) if String, path to ssl client cert file (.pem).
            If Tuple, ('cert', 'key') pair.
        """
        # Create the Request.
        req = Request(
            method = method.upper(),
            url = url,
            headers = headers,
            files = files,
            data = data or {},
            json = json,
            params = params or {},
            auth = auth,
            cookies = cookies,
            hooks = hooks,
        )
        prep = self.prepare_request(req)

        proxies = proxies or {}

        settings = self.merge_environment_settings(
            prep.url, proxies, stream, verify, cert
        )

        # Send the request.
        send_kwargs = {
            'timeout': timeout,
            'allow_redirects': allow_redirects,
        }
        send_kwargs.update(settings)
        resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)

        return resp

    def get(self, 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 self.request('GET', url, **kwargs)

    def options(self, 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 self.request('OPTIONS', url, **kwargs)

    def head(self, 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 self.request('HEAD', url, **kwargs)

    def post(self, 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 to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
        :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
        """

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

    def put(self, 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 self.request('PUT', url, data=data, **kwargs)

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

    def delete(self, 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 self.request('DELETE', url, **kwargs)

    def send(self, request, **kwargs):
        """Send a given PreparedRequest."""
        # Set defaults that the hooks can utilize to ensure they always have
        # the correct parameters to reproduce the previous request.
        kwargs.setdefault('stream', self.stream)
        kwargs.setdefault('verify', self.verify)
        kwargs.setdefault('cert', self.cert)
        kwargs.setdefault('proxies', self.proxies)

        # It's possible that users might accidentally send a Request object.
        # Guard against that specific failure case.
        if not isinstance(request, PreparedRequest):
            raise ValueError('You can only send PreparedRequests.')

        checked_urls = set()
        while request.url in self.redirect_cache:
            checked_urls.add(request.url)
            new_url = self.redirect_cache.get(request.url)
            if new_url in checked_urls:
                break
            request.url = new_url

        # Set up variables needed for resolve_redirects and dispatching of hooks
        allow_redirects = kwargs.pop('allow_redirects', True)
        stream = kwargs.get('stream')
        hooks = request.hooks

        # Get the appropriate adapter to use
        adapter = self.get_adapter(url=request.url)

        # Start time (approximately) of the request
        start = datetime.utcnow()

        # Send the request
        r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)

        # Total elapsed time of the request (approximately)
        r.elapsed = datetime.utcnow() - start

        # Response manipulation hooks
        r = dispatch_hook('response', hooks, r, **kwargs)

        # Persist cookies
        if r.history:

            # If the hooks create history then we want those cookies too
            for resp in r.history:
                extract_cookies_to_jar(self.cookies, resp.request, resp.raw)

        extract_cookies_to_jar(self.cookies, request, r.raw)

        # Redirect resolving generator.
        gen = self.resolve_redirects(r, request, **kwargs)

        # Resolve redirects if allowed.
        history = [resp for resp in gen] if allow_redirects else []

        # Shuffle things around if there's history.
        if history:
            # Insert the first (original) request at the start
            history.insert(0, r)
            # Get the last request made
            r = history.pop()
            r.history = history

        if not stream:
            r.content

        return r

    def merge_environment_settings(self, url, proxies, stream, verify, cert):
        """Check the environment and merge it with some settings."""
        # Gather clues from the surrounding environment.
        if self.trust_env:
            # Set environment's proxies.
            env_proxies = get_environ_proxies(url) or {}
            for (k, v) in env_proxies.items():
                proxies.setdefault(k, v)

            # Look for requests environment configuration and be compatible
            # with cURL.
            if verify is True or verify is None:
                verify = (os.environ.get('REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE') or
                          os.environ.get('CURL_CA_BUNDLE'))

        # Merge all the kwargs.
        proxies = merge_setting(proxies, self.proxies)
        stream = merge_setting(stream, self.stream)
        verify = merge_setting(verify, self.verify)
        cert = merge_setting(cert, self.cert)

        return {'verify': verify, 'proxies': proxies, 'stream': stream,
                'cert': cert}

    def get_adapter(self, url):
        """Returns the appropriate connection adapter for the given URL."""
        for (prefix, adapter) in self.adapters.items():

            if url.lower().startswith(prefix):
                return adapter

        # Nothing matches :-/
        raise InvalidSchema("No connection adapters were found for '%s'" % url)

    def close(self):
        """Closes all adapters and as such the session"""
        for v in self.adapters.values():
            v.close()

    def mount(self, prefix, adapter):
        """Registers a connection adapter to a prefix.

        Adapters are sorted in descending order by key length."""

        self.adapters[prefix] = adapter
        keys_to_move = [k for k in self.adapters if len(k) < len(prefix)]

        for key in keys_to_move:
            self.adapters[key] = self.adapters.pop(key)

    def __getstate__(self):
        state = dict((attr, getattr(self, attr, None)) for attr in self.__attrs__)
        state['redirect_cache'] = dict(self.redirect_cache)
        return state

    def __setstate__(self, state):
        redirect_cache = state.pop('redirect_cache', {})
        for attr, value in state.items():
            setattr(self, attr, value)

        self.redirect_cache = RecentlyUsedContainer(REDIRECT_CACHE_SIZE)
        for redirect, to in redirect_cache.items():
            self.redirect_cache[redirect] = to
Esempio n. 6
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class Session(SessionRedirectMixin):
    """A Requests session.

    Provides cookie persistence, connection-pooling, and configuration.

    Basic Usage::

      >>> import requests
      >>> s = requests.Session()
      >>> s.get('http://httpbin.org/get')
      <Response [200]>

    Or as a context manager::

      >>> with requests.Session() as s:
      >>>     s.get('http://httpbin.org/get')
      <Response [200]>
    """

    __attrs__ = [
        'headers',
        'cookies',
        'auth',
        'proxies',
        'hooks',
        'params',
        'verify',
        'cert',
        'prefetch',
        'adapters',
        'stream',
        'trust_env',
        'max_redirects',
    ]

    def __init__(self):

        #: A case-insensitive dictionary of headers to be sent on each
        #: :class:`Request <Request>` sent from this
        #: :class:`Session <Session>`.
        self.headers = default_headers()

        #: Default Authentication tuple or object to attach to
        #: :class:`Request <Request>`.
        self.auth = None

        #: Dictionary mapping protocol or protocol and host to the URL of the proxy
        #: (e.g. {'http': 'foo.bar:3128', 'http://host.name': 'foo.bar:4012'}) to
        #: be used on each :class:`Request <Request>`.
        self.proxies = {}

        #: Event-handling hooks.
        self.hooks = default_hooks()

        #: Dictionary of querystring data to attach to each
        #: :class:`Request <Request>`. The dictionary values may be lists for
        #: representing multivalued query parameters.
        self.params = {}

        #: Stream response content default.
        self.stream = False

        #: SSL Verification default.
        self.verify = True

        #: SSL client certificate default, if String, path to ssl client
        #: cert file (.pem). If Tuple, ('cert', 'key') pair.
        self.cert = None

        #: Maximum number of redirects allowed. If the request exceeds this
        #: limit, a :class:`TooManyRedirects` exception is raised.
        #: This defaults to requests.models.DEFAULT_REDIRECT_LIMIT, which is
        #: 30.
        self.max_redirects = DEFAULT_REDIRECT_LIMIT

        #: Trust environment settings for proxy configuration, default
        #: authentication and similar.
        self.trust_env = True

        #: A CookieJar containing all currently outstanding cookies set on this
        #: session. By default it is a
        #: :class:`RequestsCookieJar <requests.cookies.RequestsCookieJar>`, but
        #: may be any other ``cookielib.CookieJar`` compatible object.
        self.cookies = cookiejar_from_dict({})

        # Default connection adapters.
        self.adapters = OrderedDict()
        self.mount('https://', HTTPAdapter())
        self.mount('http://', HTTPAdapter())

        # Only store 1000 redirects to prevent using infinite memory
        self.redirect_cache = RecentlyUsedContainer(REDIRECT_CACHE_SIZE)

    def __enter__(self):
        return self

    def __exit__(self, *args):
        self.close()

    def prepare_request(self, request):
        """Constructs a :class:`PreparedRequest <PreparedRequest>` for
        transmission and returns it. The :class:`PreparedRequest` has settings
        merged from the :class:`Request <Request>` instance and those of the
        :class:`Session`.

        :param request: :class:`Request` instance to prepare with this
            session's settings.
        :rtype: requests.PreparedRequest
        """
        cookies = request.cookies or {}

        # Bootstrap CookieJar.
        if not isinstance(cookies, cookielib.CookieJar):
            cookies = cookiejar_from_dict(cookies)

        # Merge with session cookies
        merged_cookies = merge_cookies(
            merge_cookies(RequestsCookieJar(), self.cookies), cookies)

        # Set environment's basic authentication if not explicitly set.
        auth = request.auth
        if self.trust_env and not auth and not self.auth:
            auth = get_netrc_auth(request.url)

        p = PreparedRequest()
        p.prepare(
            method=request.method.upper(),
            url=request.url,
            files=request.files,
            data=request.data,
            json=request.json,
            headers=merge_setting(request.headers,
                                  self.headers,
                                  dict_class=CaseInsensitiveDict),
            params=merge_setting(request.params, self.params),
            auth=merge_setting(auth, self.auth),
            cookies=merged_cookies,
            hooks=merge_hooks(request.hooks, self.hooks),
        )
        return p

    def request(self,
                method,
                url,
                params=None,
                data=None,
                headers=None,
                cookies=None,
                files=None,
                auth=None,
                timeout=None,
                allow_redirects=True,
                proxies=None,
                hooks=None,
                stream=None,
                verify=None,
                cert=None,
                json=None):
        """Constructs a :class:`Request <Request>`, prepares it and sends it.
        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 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 ``'filename': file-like-objects``
            for multipart encoding upload.
        :param auth: (optional) Auth tuple or callable 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 :ref:`(connect timeout,
            read timeout) <timeouts>` tuple.
        :type timeout: float or tuple
        :param allow_redirects: (optional) Set to True by default.
        :type allow_redirects: bool
        :param proxies: (optional) Dictionary mapping protocol or protocol and
            hostname to the URL of the proxy.
        :param stream: (optional) whether to immediately download the response
            content. Defaults to ``False``.
        :param verify: (optional) Either a boolean, in which case it controls whether we verify
            the server's TLS certificate, or a string, in which case it must be a path
            to a CA bundle to use. Defaults to ``True``.
        :param cert: (optional) if String, path to ssl client cert file (.pem).
            If Tuple, ('cert', 'key') pair.
        :rtype: requests.Response
        """
        # Create the Request.
        req = Request(
            method=method.upper(),
            url=url,
            headers=headers,
            files=files,
            data=data or {},
            json=json,
            params=params or {},
            auth=auth,
            cookies=cookies,
            hooks=hooks,
        )
        prep = self.prepare_request(req)

        proxies = proxies or {}

        settings = self.merge_environment_settings(prep.url, proxies, stream,
                                                   verify, cert)

        # Send the request.
        send_kwargs = {
            'timeout': timeout,
            'allow_redirects': allow_redirects,
        }
        send_kwargs.update(settings)
        resp = self.send(prep, **send_kwargs)

        return resp

    def get(self, url, **kwargs):
        r"""Sends a GET request. Returns :class:`Response` object.

        :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
        :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
        :rtype: requests.Response
        """

        kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
        return self.request('GET', url, **kwargs)

    def options(self, url, **kwargs):
        r"""Sends a OPTIONS request. Returns :class:`Response` object.

        :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
        :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
        :rtype: requests.Response
        """

        kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', True)
        return self.request('OPTIONS', url, **kwargs)

    def head(self, url, **kwargs):
        r"""Sends a HEAD request. Returns :class:`Response` object.

        :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
        :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
        :rtype: requests.Response
        """

        kwargs.setdefault('allow_redirects', False)
        return self.request('HEAD', url, **kwargs)

    def post(self, url, data=None, json=None, **kwargs):
        r"""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 to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
        :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
        :rtype: requests.Response
        """

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

    def put(self, url, data=None, **kwargs):
        r"""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.
        :rtype: requests.Response
        """

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

    def patch(self, url, data=None, **kwargs):
        r"""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.
        :rtype: requests.Response
        """

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

    def delete(self, url, **kwargs):
        r"""Sends a DELETE request. Returns :class:`Response` object.

        :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
        :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
        :rtype: requests.Response
        """

        return self.request('DELETE', url, **kwargs)

    def send(self, request, **kwargs):
        """Send a given PreparedRequest.

        :rtype: requests.Response
        """
        # Set defaults that the hooks can utilize to ensure they always have
        # the correct parameters to reproduce the previous request.
        kwargs.setdefault('stream', self.stream)
        kwargs.setdefault('verify', self.verify)
        kwargs.setdefault('cert', self.cert)
        kwargs.setdefault('proxies', self.proxies)

        # It's possible that users might accidentally send a Request object.
        # Guard against that specific failure case.
        if isinstance(request, Request):
            raise ValueError('You can only send PreparedRequests.')

        # Set up variables needed for resolve_redirects and dispatching of hooks
        allow_redirects = kwargs.pop('allow_redirects', True)
        stream = kwargs.get('stream')
        hooks = request.hooks

        # Resolve URL in redirect cache, if available.
        if allow_redirects:
            checked_urls = set()
            while request.url in self.redirect_cache:
                checked_urls.add(request.url)
                new_url = self.redirect_cache.get(request.url)
                if new_url in checked_urls:
                    break
                request.url = new_url

        # Get the appropriate adapter to use
        adapter = self.get_adapter(url=request.url)

        # Start time (approximately) of the request
        start = preferred_clock()

        # Send the request
        r = adapter.send(request, **kwargs)

        # Total elapsed time of the request (approximately)
        elapsed = preferred_clock() - start
        r.elapsed = timedelta(seconds=elapsed)

        # Response manipulation hooks
        r = dispatch_hook('response', hooks, r, **kwargs)

        # Persist cookies
        if r.history:

            # If the hooks create history then we want those cookies too
            for resp in r.history:
                extract_cookies_to_jar(self.cookies, resp.request, resp.raw)

        extract_cookies_to_jar(self.cookies, request, r.raw)

        # Redirect resolving generator.
        gen = self.resolve_redirects(r, request, **kwargs)

        # Resolve redirects if allowed.
        history = [resp for resp in gen] if allow_redirects else []

        # Shuffle things around if there's history.
        if history:
            # Insert the first (original) request at the start
            history.insert(0, r)
            # Get the last request made
            r = history.pop()
            r.history = history

        # If redirects aren't being followed, store the response on the Request for Response.next().
        if not allow_redirects:
            try:
                r._next = next(
                    self.resolve_redirects(r,
                                           request,
                                           yield_requests=True,
                                           **kwargs))
            except StopIteration:
                pass

        if not stream:
            r.content

        return r

    def merge_environment_settings(self, url, proxies, stream, verify, cert):
        """
        Check the environment and merge it with some settings.

        :rtype: dict
        """
        # Gather clues from the surrounding environment.
        if self.trust_env:
            # Set environment's proxies.
            no_proxy = proxies.get('no_proxy') if proxies is not None else None
            env_proxies = get_environ_proxies(url, no_proxy=no_proxy)
            for (k, v) in env_proxies.items():
                proxies.setdefault(k, v)

            # Look for requests environment configuration and be compatible
            # with cURL.
            if verify is True or verify is None:
                verify = (os.environ.get('REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE')
                          or os.environ.get('CURL_CA_BUNDLE'))

        # Merge all the kwargs.
        proxies = merge_setting(proxies, self.proxies)
        stream = merge_setting(stream, self.stream)
        verify = merge_setting(verify, self.verify)
        cert = merge_setting(cert, self.cert)

        return {
            'verify': verify,
            'proxies': proxies,
            'stream': stream,
            'cert': cert
        }

    def get_adapter(self, url):
        """
        Returns the appropriate connection adapter for the given URL.

        :rtype: requests.adapters.BaseAdapter
        """
        for (prefix, adapter) in self.adapters.items():

            if url.lower().startswith(prefix):
                return adapter

        # Nothing matches :-/
        raise InvalidSchema("No connection adapters were found for '%s'" % url)

    def close(self):
        """Closes all adapters and as such the session"""
        for v in self.adapters.values():
            v.close()

    def mount(self, prefix, adapter):
        """Registers a connection adapter to a prefix.

        Adapters are sorted in descending order by key length.
        """
        self.adapters[prefix] = adapter
        keys_to_move = [k for k in self.adapters if len(k) < len(prefix)]

        for key in keys_to_move:
            self.adapters[key] = self.adapters.pop(key)

    def __getstate__(self):
        state = dict(
            (attr, getattr(self, attr, None)) for attr in self.__attrs__)
        state['redirect_cache'] = dict(self.redirect_cache)
        return state

    def __setstate__(self, state):
        redirect_cache = state.pop('redirect_cache', {})
        for attr, value in state.items():
            setattr(self, attr, value)

        self.redirect_cache = RecentlyUsedContainer(REDIRECT_CACHE_SIZE)
        for redirect, to in redirect_cache.items():
            self.redirect_cache[redirect] = to