Improve order and formatting in Stream.sample

diff --git a/tweepy/streaming.py b/tweepy/streaming.py
index 5dfd05e027d0bae3f27088c83e48b0fcd6d15e38..3cd9e4c10c72db3cbdda91897ba1a9557a90b395 100644 (file)
--- a/tweepy/streaming.py
+++ b/tweepy/streaming.py
@@ -259,10 +259,12 @@ class Stream:
             self._connect(endpoint, body=body)
 
     def sample(self, threaded=False, languages=None, stall_warnings=False):
-        params = {}
         if self.running:
             raise TweepError('Stream object already connected!')
+
         endpoint = 'statuses/sample'
+
+        params = {}
         if languages:
             params['language'] = ','.join(map(str, languages))
         if stall_warnings: