This should fix the error you were experiencing, as it will now only attempt to process the `data` argument if it is a tuple containing two elements. If the `data` argument is not in the expected format, the function will simply return an empty string instead of raising an exception.
Previously strings with characters like "ß" would throw and exception
This seems to happen because the lib behind encode().decode('idna')
cant handle characters like this
The new setting 'verify_ssl_connections' tells the requests library to
verify secured outgoing HTTP connections.
Usually verifying is desired and helps to reveal configuration
problems. It also disables an ugly warning when HTTPS connections
are made without verification.
