From ceab4d5ed63a1f135a1816fe967c9d9a1ec7e6e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: doe1080 <98906116+doe1080@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 08:46:19 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] [networking] Add PATCH request shortcut (#12884)

Authored by: doe1080
---
 test/test_networking.py       | 2 ++
 yt_dlp/networking/__init__.py | 1 +
 yt_dlp/networking/common.py   | 1 +
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/test_networking.py b/test/test_networking.py
index 3ab60fe83..2f441fced 100644
--- a/test/test_networking.py
+++ b/test/test_networking.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 from yt_dlp.dependencies import brotli, curl_cffi, requests, urllib3
 from yt_dlp.networking import (
     HEADRequest,
+    PATCHRequest,
     PUTRequest,
     Request,
     RequestDirector,
@@ -1856,6 +1857,7 @@ def test_method(self):
 
     def test_request_helpers(self):
         assert HEADRequest('http://example.com').method == 'HEAD'
+        assert PATCHRequest('http://example.com').method == 'PATCH'
         assert PUTRequest('http://example.com').method == 'PUT'
 
     def test_headers(self):
diff --git a/yt_dlp/networking/__init__.py b/yt_dlp/networking/__init__.py
index 1eaa0ee5f..39158a8cc 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/networking/__init__.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/networking/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from .common import (
     HEADRequest,
+    PATCHRequest,
     PUTRequest,
     Request,
     RequestDirector,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/networking/common.py b/yt_dlp/networking/common.py
index ddceaa9a9..e33769422 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/networking/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/networking/common.py
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ def copy(self):
 
 
 HEADRequest = functools.partial(Request, method='HEAD')
+PATCHRequest = functools.partial(Request, method='PATCH')
 PUTRequest = functools.partial(Request, method='PUT')