Use the good old curl

gitlab/update_feedstock.py

@@ -114,28 +114,31 @@ class Gitlab(object):
     return json.loads(pipeline.decode())
 
   def accept_merge_request(self, project_id, mergerequest_id,
-                           merge_commit_message=None,
-                           should_remove_source_branch=None,
-                           merge_when_pipeline_succeeds=None, sha=None):
+                           merge_commit_message='',
+                           should_remove_source_branch='',
+                           merge_when_pipeline_succeeds='', sha=''):
     """
     Update an existing merge request.
     """
 
-    data = {
-        'merge_commit_message': merge_commit_message,
-        'should_remove_source_branch': should_remove_source_branch,
-        'merge_when_pipeline_succeeds': merge_when_pipeline_succeeds,
-        'sha': sha,
-    }
-
-    request = requests.put(
-        '{0}/{1}/merge_request/{2}/merge'.format(
-            self.projects_url, project_id, mergerequest_id),
-        data=data, headers={'PRIVATE-TOKEN': self.token})
-
-    if request.status_code == 200:
-      return request.json()
-    else:
+    url = "projects/{}/merge_request/{}/merge?"
+    url += "&".join([
+        'merge_commit_message={}',
+        'should_remove_source_branch={}',
+        'merge_when_pipeline_succeeds={}',
+        'sha={}',
+    ])
+    url = url.format(project_id, mergerequest_id, merge_commit_message,
+                     should_remove_source_branch,
+                     merge_when_pipeline_succeeds,
+                     sha)
+    cmd = ["curl", "--request", "PUT", "--header",
+           "PRIVATE-TOKEN: {}".format(self.token),
+           self.base_url + url]
+    pipeline = subprocess.check_output(cmd)
+    try:
+      return json.loads(pipeline.decode())
+    except Exception:
       return False