diff --git a/apiclient/ext/django_orm.py b/apiclient/ext/django_orm.py
index d52d866..c92c3af 100644
--- a/apiclient/ext/django_orm.py
+++ b/apiclient/ext/django_orm.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 from django.db import models
 
+
 class OAuthCredentialsField(models.Field):
 
   __metaclass__ = models.SubfieldBase
diff --git a/apiclient/model.py b/apiclient/model.py
index b1f7c0e..4ca91f4 100644
--- a/apiclient/model.py
+++ b/apiclient/model.py
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
 
 FLAGS = gflags.FLAGS
 
-gflags.DEFINE_boolean('dump_request', False,
+gflags.DEFINE_boolean('dump_request_response', False,
                      'Dump all http server requests and responses.')
 
+
 def _abstract():
   raise NotImplementedError('You need to override this function')
 
@@ -115,11 +116,10 @@
     if (isinstance(body_value, dict) and 'data' not in body_value and
         self._data_wrapper):
       body_value = {'data': body_value}
-    if body_value is None:
-      return (headers, path_params, query, None)
-    else:
+    if body_value is not None:
       headers['content-type'] = 'application/json'
-      return (headers, path_params, query, simplejson.dumps(body_value))
+      body_value = simplejson.dumps(body_value)
+    return (headers, path_params, query, body_value)
 
   def _build_query(self, params):
     """Builds a query string.
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     Returns:
       The body de-serialized as a Python object.
     """
-    if FLAGS.dump_request:
+    if FLAGS.dump_request_response:
       logging.info('--response-start--')
       for h, v in resp.iteritems():
         logging.info('%s: %s', h, v)
@@ -194,3 +194,38 @@
       logging.info('--response-end--')
     return super(LoggingJsonModel, self).response(
         resp, content)
+
+  def request(self, headers, path_params, query_params, body_value):
+    """An overloaded request method that will output debug info if requested.
+
+    Args:
+      headers: dict, request headers
+      path_params: dict, parameters that appear in the request path
+      query_params: dict, parameters that appear in the query
+      body_value: object, the request body as a Python object, which must be
+                  serializable by simplejson.
+    Returns:
+      A tuple of (headers, path_params, query, body)
+
+      headers: dict, request headers
+      path_params: dict, parameters that appear in the request path
+      query: string, query part of the request URI
+      body: string, the body serialized as JSON
+    """
+    (headers, path_params, query, body) = super(
+        LoggingJsonModel, self).request(
+            headers, path_params, query_params, body_value)
+    if FLAGS.dump_request_response:
+      logging.info('--request-start--')
+      logging.info('-headers-start-')
+      for h, v in headers.iteritems():
+        logging.info('%s: %s', h, v)
+      logging.info('-headers-end-')
+      logging.info('-path-parameters-start-')
+      for h, v in path_params.iteritems():
+        logging.info('%s: %s', h, v)
+      logging.info('-path-parameters-end-')
+      logging.info('body: %s', body)
+      logging.info('query: %s', query)
+      logging.info('--request-end--')
+    return (headers, path_params, query, body)
diff --git a/samples/debugging/main.py b/samples/debugging/main.py
index 6fe0c0f..6108f47 100644
--- a/samples/debugging/main.py
+++ b/samples/debugging/main.py
@@ -21,23 +21,20 @@
 
 
 FLAGS = gflags.FLAGS
-# Uncomment the next line to get very detailed logging
-# httplib2.debuglevel = 4
 
-# create logger
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 
 def main(argv):
   try:
-    argv = FLAGS(argv)  # parse flags
+    argv = FLAGS(argv)
   except gflags.FlagsError, e:
     print '%s\\nUsage: %s ARGS\\n%s' % (e, argv[0], FLAGS)
     sys.exit(1)
 
   service = build('translate', 'v2',
-                  developerKey='AIzaSyDRRpR3GS1F1_jKNNM9HCNd2wJQyPG3oN0',
+                  developerKey='AIzaSyAQIKv_gwnob-YNrXV2stnY86GSGY81Zr0',
                   model=LoggingJsonModel())
   print service.translations().list(
       source='en',
diff --git a/samples/prediction/main.py b/samples/prediction/main.py
index 5ae8d36..77c9df5 100644
--- a/samples/prediction/main.py
+++ b/samples/prediction/main.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   print 'Training is complete'
 
   # Now make a prediction using that training
-  body = {'input': {'mixture':["mucho bueno"]}}
+  body = {'input': {'mixture': ["mucho bueno"]}}
   prediction = service.predict(body=body, data=OBJECT_NAME).execute()
   print 'The prediction is:'
   pprint.pprint(prediction)
diff --git a/samples/threadqueue/main.py b/samples/threadqueue/main.py
index 4570452..5415a65 100644
--- a/samples/threadqueue/main.py
+++ b/samples/threadqueue/main.py
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
             "presenter": "me"
             }
           }
-      topic_request = service.topics().insert(seriesId=series['id']['seriesId'],
-                                        body=topic_body)
+      topic_request = service.topics().insert(
+          seriesId=series['id']['seriesId'], body=topic_body)
       print "Adding request to queue"
       queue.put(topic_request)
   except CredentialsInvalidError:
diff --git a/tests/test_json_model.py b/tests/test_json_model.py
index 43455d2..29130d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_json_model.py
+++ b/tests/test_json_model.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
           self[key] = value
     apiclient.model.logging = MockLogging()
     apiclient.model.FLAGS = copy.deepcopy(FLAGS)
-    apiclient.model.FLAGS.dump_request = True
+    apiclient.model.FLAGS.dump_request_response = True
     model = LoggingJsonModel()
     request_body = {
         'field1': 'value1',
@@ -223,11 +223,13 @@
                 'response_field_2': 'response_value_2'}
     response_body = model.response(MockResponse(response), body_string)
     self.assertEqual(request_body, response_body)
-    self.assertEqual(apiclient.model.logging.info_record[:4],
-                     ['--response-start--',
-                      'status: 200',
-                      'response_field_1: response_value_1',
-                      'response_field_2: response_value_2'])
+    self.assertEqual(apiclient.model.logging.info_record[:2],
+                     ['--request-start--',
+                      '-headers-start-'])
+    self.assertTrue('response_field_1: response_value_1' in
+                    apiclient.model.logging.info_record)
+    self.assertTrue('response_field_2: response_value_2' in
+                    apiclient.model.logging.info_record)
     self.assertEqual(simplejson.loads(apiclient.model.logging.info_record[-2]),
                      request_body)
     self.assertEqual(apiclient.model.logging.info_record[-1],