Broaden JSON typing from dict to Mapping

nateprewitt · nateprewitt · commit c44fb193f9bf · 2026-05-12T10:32:16.000-06:00
diff --git a/src/requests/_types.py b/src/requests/_types.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class _ValidatedRequest(PreparedRequest):
     VerifyType: TypeAlias = bool | str
     CertType: TypeAlias = str | tuple[str, str] | None
     JsonType: TypeAlias = (
-        None | bool | int | float | str | list["JsonType"] | dict[str, "JsonType"]
+        None | bool | int | float | str | list["JsonType"] | Mapping[str, "JsonType"]
     )
 
     # TypedDicts for Unpack kwargs (PEP 692)

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class _ValidatedRequest(PreparedRequest):`
`139`	`139`	`VerifyType: TypeAlias = bool \| str`
`140`	`140`	`CertType: TypeAlias = str \| tuple[str, str] \| None`
`141`	`141`	`JsonType: TypeAlias = (`
`142`		`- None \| bool \| int \| float \| str \| list["JsonType"] \| dict[str, "JsonType"]`
	`142`	`+ None \| bool \| int \| float \| str \| list["JsonType"] \| Mapping[str, "JsonType"]`
`143`	`143`	`)`
`144`	`144`
`145`	`145`	`# TypedDicts for Unpack kwargs (PEP 692)`