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Diffstat (limited to 'djangorestframework/views.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | djangorestframework/views.py | 21 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/djangorestframework/views.py b/djangorestframework/views.py index 9796b362..5f967782 100644 --- a/djangorestframework/views.py +++ b/djangorestframework/views.py @@ -224,18 +224,19 @@ class APIView(_View): def initial(self, request, *args, **kargs): """ - This method is a hook for any code that needs to run prior to - anything else. - Required if you want to do things like set `request.upload_handlers` - before the authentication and dispatch handling is run. + This method runs prior to anything else in the view. + It should return the initial request object. + + You may need to override this if you want to do things like set + `request.upload_handlers` before the authentication and dispatch + handling is run. """ - pass + return Request(request, parsers=self.parsers, authentication=self.authentication) def final(self, request, response, *args, **kargs): """ - This method is a hook for any code that needs to run after everything - else in the view. - Returns the final response object. + This method runs after everything else in the view. + It should return the final response object. """ if isinstance(response, Response): response.view = self @@ -269,14 +270,12 @@ class APIView(_View): # all other authentication is CSRF exempt. @csrf_exempt def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs): - request = Request(request, parsers=self.parsers, authentication=self.authentication) - self.request = request self.args = args self.kwargs = kwargs self.headers = self.default_response_headers try: - self.initial(request, *args, **kwargs) + self.request = self.initial(request, *args, **kwargs) # Check that the request is allowed self.check_permissions(request) |