promoting build_request to public API, thereby allowing users to create request objects and pass them on to #send

lib/httpx/chainable.rb

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ module HTTPX
       MOD
     end
 
-    def request(verb, uri, **options)
-      branch(default_options).request(verb, uri, **options)
+    def request(*args, **options)
+      branch(default_options).request(*args, **options)
     end
 
     # :nocov:

lib/httpx/session.rb

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module HTTPX
     end
 
     def request(*args, **options)
-      requests = build_requests(*args, options)
+      requests = args.first.is_a?(Request) ? args : build_requests(*args, options)
       responses = send_requests(*requests, options)
       return responses.first if responses.size == 1
 
@@ -205,14 +205,6 @@ module HTTPX
       end
     end
 
-    def build_request(verb, uri, options)
-      rklass = @options.request_class
-      request = rklass.new(verb, uri, @options.merge(options).merge(persistent: @persistent))
-      request.on(:response, &method(:on_response).curry[request])
-      request.on(:promise, &method(:on_promise))
-      request
-    end
-
     @default_options = Options.new
     @default_options.freeze
     @plugins = []