Sends a PATCH request. Returns :class:`Response` object.

        :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
        :param data: (optional) Dictionary or bytes to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
        :param **kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.

def patch(self, url, data=None, **kwargs):
        """Sends a PATCH request. Returns :class:`Response` object.

        :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
        :param data: (optional) Dictionary or bytes to send in the body of the :class:`Request`.
        :param **kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.
        """

        return self.request('patch', url,  data=data, **kwargs)