>>> payload = {'key1': 'value1', 'key2': ['value2', 'value3']}

>>> r = requests.get('http://httpbin.org/get', params=payload)

>>> print(r.url)

http://httpbin.org/get?key1=value1&key2=value2&key2=value3

>>> r = requests.put("http://httpbin.org/put")

>>> r = requests.delete("http://httpbin.org/delete")

>>> r = requests.head("http://httpbin.org/get")

>>> r = requests.options("http://httpbin.org/get")

with open(filename, 'wb') as fd:

    for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size):

        fd.write(chunk)