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+## 1.8.1 - 2021-01-14
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+- minor change to the way the url request method is set
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+- minor tweaks to unit tests for url client
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 ## 1.8.0 - 2021-01-14
 
 - when a url is passed as the data argument, it is retrieved and the results are displayed in Ray.  JSON data is automatically detected.