title: Can I set max_retries for requests.request?
body: <p>The Python requests module is simple and elegant but one thing bugs me.
  It is possible to get a <em>requests.exception.ConnectionError</em> with a message like:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>Max retries exceeded with url: ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This implies that requests can attempt to access the data several times. But there is not a single mention of this possibility anywhere in the docs. Looking at the source code I didn't find any place where I could alter the default (presumably 0) value.</p>
  
  <p>So is it possible to somehow set the maximum number of retries for requests?</p>