When to use __getattr__
myDict = {'value': 1}

myDict['value']

class DictAsMember(dict):
    def __getattr__(self, name):
        value = self[name]
        if isinstance(value, dict):
            value = DictAsMember(value)
        return value

my_dict = DictAsMember()
my_dict['property'] = {'sub_property': 1}

print(my_dict.property.sub_property) # 1 will be printed

class requests_wrapper():
    client = requests.session(headers={'Authorization':'myauthtoken'})
    base_path = "http://www.example.com"

    def _make_path_request(self, http_method, path, **kwargs):
        """
        Use the http_method string to find the requests.Session instance's
        method.
        """
        method_to_call = getattr(self.client, http_method.lower())
        return method_to_call(self.base_path + path, **kwargs)

    def path_get(self, path, **kwargs):
        """
        Sends a GET request to base_path + path.
        """
        return self._make_path_request('get', path, **kwargs)

    def path_post(self, path, **kwargs):
        """
        Sends a POST request to base_path + path.
        """
        return self._make_path_request('post', path, **kwargs)

    def path_put(self, path, **kwargs):
        """
        Sends a PUT request to base_path + path.
        """
        return self._make_path_request('put', path, **kwargs)

    def path_delete(self, path, **kwargs):
        """
        Sends a DELETE request to base_path + path.
        """
        return self._make_path_request('delete', path, **kwargs)

# Initialize
myclient = requests_wrapper()
# Make a get request to http://www.example.com/api/spam/eggs
response = myclient.path_get("/api/spam/eggs")
# Print the response JSON data
if response.ok:
    print response.json