Method __init__

src/requests/sessions.py:442–503

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    def __init__(self) -> None:
        #: A case-insensitive dictionary of headers to be sent on each
        #: :class:`Request <Request>` sent from this
        #: :class:`Session <Session>`.
        self.headers = default_headers()

        #: Default Authentication tuple or object to attach to
        #: :class:`Request <Request>`.
        self.auth = None

        #: Dictionary mapping protocol or protocol and host to the URL of the proxy
        #: (e.g. {'http': 'foo.bar:3128', 'http://host.name': 'foo.bar:4012'}) to
        #: be used on each :class:`Request <Request>`.
        self.proxies = {}

        #: Event-handling hooks.
        self.hooks = default_hooks()

        #: Dictionary of querystring data to attach to each
        #: :class:`Request <Request>`. The dictionary values may be lists for
        #: representing multivalued query parameters.
        self.params = {}

        #: Stream response content default.
        self.stream = False

        #: SSL Verification default.
        #: Defaults to `True`, requiring requests to verify the TLS certificate at the
        #: remote end.
        #: If verify is set to `False`, requests will accept any TLS certificate
        #: presented by the server, and will ignore hostname mismatches and/or
        #: expired certificates, which will make your application vulnerable to
        #: man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks.
        #: Only set this to `False` for testing.
        #: If verify is set to a string, it must be the path to a CA bundle file
        #: that will be used to verify the TLS certificate.
        self.verify = True

        #: SSL client certificate default, if String, path to ssl client
        #: cert file (.pem). If Tuple, ('cert', 'key') pair.
        self.cert = None

        #: Maximum number of redirects allowed. If the request exceeds this
        #: limit, a :class:`TooManyRedirects` exception is raised.
        #: This defaults to requests.models.DEFAULT_REDIRECT_LIMIT, which is
        #: 30.
        self.max_redirects = DEFAULT_REDIRECT_LIMIT

        #: Trust environment settings for proxy configuration, default
        #: authentication and similar.
        self.trust_env = True

        #: A CookieJar containing all currently outstanding cookies set on this
        #: session. By default it is a
        #: :class:`RequestsCookieJar <requests.cookies.RequestsCookieJar>`, but
        #: may be any other ``cookielib.CookieJar`` compatible object.
        self.cookies = cookiejar_from_dict({})