From 0837c8dd8860cfbcd3e179badd5b1ded1593ddd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Grainger <tagrain@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 10:30:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] defer reactor import in twisted.web.xmlrpc

---
 src/twisted/web/newsfragments/9931.bugfix | 1 +
 src/twisted/web/xmlrpc.py                 | 7 +++++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/twisted/web/newsfragments/9931.bugfix

diff --git a/src/twisted/web/newsfragments/9931.bugfix b/src/twisted/web/newsfragments/9931.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f25667deba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/twisted/web/newsfragments/9931.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+defer reactor import in twisted.web.xmlrpc
diff --git a/src/twisted/web/xmlrpc.py b/src/twisted/web/xmlrpc.py
index a5f21079222..1ef873cfd8b 100644
--- a/src/twisted/web/xmlrpc.py
+++ b/src/twisted/web/xmlrpc.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 # Sibling Imports
 from twisted.web import resource, server, http
-from twisted.internet import defer, protocol, reactor, error
+from twisted.internet import defer, protocol, error
 from twisted.python import reflect, failure
 from twisted.logger import Logger
 
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ def __init__(
         allowNone=False,
         useDateTime=False,
         connectTimeout=30.0,
-        reactor=reactor,
+        reactor=None,
     ):
         """
         @param url: The URL to which to post method calls.  Calls will be made
@@ -537,6 +537,9 @@ def __init__(
         @type url: L{bytes}
 
         """
+        if reactor is None:
+            from twisted.internet import reactor
+
         scheme, netloc, path, params, query, fragment = urlparse(url)
         netlocParts = netloc.split(b"@")
         if len(netlocParts) == 2: