From ff8153d9c56bfa62782fb99743219d0b02b512bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cory Benfield <lukasaoz@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 18:33:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Better default for request method

---
 requests/models.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 180d448d..de48ee72 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ class Request(RequestHooksMixin):
         params = {} if params is None else params
         hooks = {} if hooks is None else hooks
 
+        # Default empty string for method.
+        method = '' if method is None else method
+
         self.hooks = default_hooks()
         for (k, v) in list(hooks.items()):
             self.register_hook(event=k, hook=v)