From: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 16:54:33 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Issue #18978: A more elegant technique for resolving the method
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.0a3~27^2~3
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aae6a1d76fd1336137981cd66acded01d3c36f09;p=python

Issue #18978: A more elegant technique for resolving the method
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diff --git a/Lib/urllib/request.py b/Lib/urllib/request.py
index 049f48d532..bceb3297c8 100644
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py
@@ -321,12 +321,8 @@ class Request:
 
     def get_method(self):
         """Return a string indicating the HTTP request method."""
-        if getattr(self, 'method', None) is not None:
-            return self.method
-        elif self.data is not None:
-            return "POST"
-        else:
-            return "GET"
+        default_method = "POST" if self.data is not None else "GET"
+        return getattr(self, 'method', default_method)
 
     def get_full_url(self):
         return self.full_url