From: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 16:47:07 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Issue #18978: Allow Request.method to be defined at the class level.
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.0a3~27^2~4
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7dc4f4bbab494f8d9200678bc7df2de89079317c;p=python

Issue #18978: Allow Request.method to be defined at the class level.
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diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 4765a94288..049f48d532 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ class Request:
             origin_req_host = request_host(self)
         self.origin_req_host = origin_req_host
         self.unverifiable = unverifiable
-        self.method = method
+        if method:
+            self.method = method
 
     @property
     def full_url(self):
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ class Request:
 
     def get_method(self):
         """Return a string indicating the HTTP request method."""
-        if self.method is not None:
+        if getattr(self, 'method', None) is not None:
             return self.method
         elif self.data is not None:
             return "POST"