request hack to add url prefix

request_hack.py

import requests
import json

class Client(object):
    def __init__(self, base_url):
        self.base_url = base_url

    def build_url(self, path):
        return self.base_url + path

    def update_kwargs(self, json_data, kwargs):
        if json_data:
            kwargs.update({
                'headers': {
                    'content-type': 'application/json',
                },
                'data': json.dumps(json_data)
            })        
        return kwargs 

    def get(self, path, json_data=None, **kwargs):
        return requests.get(self.build_url(path),
                            **self.update_kwargs(json_data, kwargs))

    def post(self, path, json_data=None, **kwargs):
        return requests.post(self.build_url(path),
                             **self.update_kwargs(json_data, kwargs))

    def put(self, path, json_data=None, **kwargs):
        return requests.put(self.build_url(path),
                            **self.update_kwargs(json_data, kwargs))

    def delete(self, path, json_data=None, **kwargs):
        return requests.delete(self.build_url(path),
                               **self.update_kwargs(json_data, kwargs))

r = Client('http://localhost:8080')
foo_todo = r.post('/todos', json_data={'text':'foo'}).json()

class better(object):

def __init__(self, requests, base):
    self._base = base
    self._requests = requests

def _get_path(self, path):
    # ...

def get(self, path, *args, **kw):
    return self._requests.get(self._get_path(path), *args, **kw)

# ...