default chunk size for .content much bigger

kennethreitz · May 2, 2012 · 62d2ea8 · 62d2ea8
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commit 62d2ea8
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
  pass
 
 REDIRECT_STATI = (codes.moved, codes.found, codes.other, codes.temporary_moved)
-
+CONTENT_CHUNK_SIZE = 10 * 1024
 
 class Request(object):
  """The :class:`Request <Request>` object. It carries out all functionality of
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ def content(self):
  if self.status_code is 0:
  self._content = None
  else:
- self._content = bytes().join(self.iter_content()) or bytes()
+ self._content = bytes().join(self.iter_content(CONTENT_CHUNK_SIZE)) or bytes()
 
  except AttributeError:
  self._content = None