From 27f3ab98dcb3783b8a68e09b45c00415265c2aac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: martinramsdale <34899425+martinramsdale@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:59:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Use requests sesison to preserve TCP connection

Use requests sesison to preserve TCP connection - massively improves performance
---
 bitstamp/client.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bitstamp/client.py b/bitstamp/client.py
index 34877c0..12180c2 100755
--- a/bitstamp/client.py
+++ b/bitstamp/client.py
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ class BaseClient(object):
 
     def __init__(self, proxydict=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.proxydict = proxydict
+        self.req_session = requests.Session()
 
     def _get(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         Make a GET request.
         """
-        return self._request(requests.get, *args, **kwargs)
+        return self._request(self.req_session.get, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def _post(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ def _post(self, *args, **kwargs):
         data = self._default_data()
         data.update(kwargs.get('data') or {})
         kwargs['data'] = data
-        return self._request(requests.post, *args, **kwargs)
+        return self._request(self.req_session.post, *args, **kwargs)
 
     def _default_data(self):
         """