BaseAPIClient: add request_session constructor argument

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 10.1.0
+
+* BaseAPIClient: add request_session constructor argument
+
 ## 10.0.1
 
 * Fix get_received_texts_iterator() method

notifications_python_client/__init__.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #
 # -- http://semver.org/
 
-__version__ = "10.0.1"
+__version__ = "10.1.0"
 
 from notifications_python_client.errors import (  # noqa
     REQUEST_ERROR_MESSAGE,

notifications_python_client/base.py

@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@
 
 
 class BaseAPIClient:
-    def __init__(self, api_key, base_url="https://api.notifications.service.gov.uk", timeout=30):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        api_key,
+        base_url="https://api.notifications.service.gov.uk",
+        timeout=30,
+        request_session=None,
+    ):
         """
         Initialise the client
         Error if either of base_url or secret missing
@@ -32,7 +38,7 @@ def __init__(self, api_key, base_url="https://api.notifications.service.gov.uk",
         self.service_id = service_id
         self.api_key = api_key
         self.timeout = timeout
-        self.request_session = requests.Session()
+        self.request_session = request_session or requests.Session()
 
     def put(self, url, data):
         return self.request("PUT", url, data=data)