From d79e1bbaad72c0454c3f32f5b27cba56a26a0d57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.com>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 07:02:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] or str

---
 requests/models.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 6d7be5bf..c11858b8 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ class Request(object):
 
         if isinstance(data, bytes):
             return data, data
+        if isinstance(data, str):
+            return data, data
         elif hasattr(data, '__iter__'):
             try:
                 dict(data)