Citizen Josh

Using mutable values for default arguments is not a safe practice. Look at the following very simple example code: ```python def foo(x, y=[]): y.append(x) print(y) ``` The function `foo` doesn't...

This codemod sandboxes calls to [`requests.get`](https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/#requests.get) to be more resistant to Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks. Most of the time when you make a `GET` request to a URL, you're...

Many developers will be surprised to learn that `requests` library calls do not include timeouts by default. This means that an attempted request could hang indefinitely if no connection is...

Switch order of literals to prevent NullPointerException

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This change defensively switches the order of literals in comparison expressions to ensure that no null pointer exceptions are unexpectedly thrown. Runtime exceptions especially can cause exceptional and unexpected code...

Many developers will be surprised to learn that `requests` library calls do not include timeouts by default. This means that an attempted request could hang indefinitely if no connection is...

Many developers will be surprised to learn that `requests` library calls do not include timeouts by default. This means that an attempted request could hang indefinitely if no connection is...