PreparedRequest.send()

3.0-HISTORY.rst

@@ -17,5 +17,8 @@
 - Rename the ``resp`` argument from ``Session.resolve_redirects`` to
   ``response``.
 
+- New ``PreparedRequest.send`` method. Now, you can
+``Request().prepare().send()``.
+
 .. _#2002: https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/2002
 .. _#2631: https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests/issues/2631

requests/models.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from io import BytesIO, UnsupportedOperation
 from .hooks import default_hooks
 from .structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
 
+import requests
 from .auth import HTTPBasicAuth
 from .cookies import cookiejar_from_dict, get_cookie_header, _copy_cookie_jar
 from .packages.urllib3.fields import RequestField
@@ -525,6 +526,14 @@ class PreparedRequest(RequestEncodingMixin, RequestHooksMixin):
         for event in hooks:
             self.register_hook(event, hooks[event])
 
+    def send(self, session=None, **send_kwargs):
+        """Sends the PreparedRequest to the given Session.
+        If none is provided, one is created for you."""
+        session = requests.Session() if session is None else session
+
+        with session:
+            return session.send(self, **send_kwargs)
+
 
 class Response(object):
     """The :class:`Response <Response>` object, which contains a