Class Request

rest_framework/request.py:140–449

Wrapper allowing to enhance a standard `HttpRequest` instance. Kwargs: - request(HttpRequest). The original request instance. - parsers(list/tuple). The parsers to use for parsing the request content. - authenticators(list/tuple). The authenticators used t

class Request:
    """
    Wrapper allowing to enhance a standard `HttpRequest` instance.

    Kwargs:
        - request(HttpRequest). The original request instance.
        - parsers(list/tuple). The parsers to use for parsing the
          request content.
        - authenticators(list/tuple). The authenticators used to try
          authenticating the request's user.
    """

    def __init__(self, request, parsers=None, authenticators=None,
                 negotiator=None, parser_context=None):
        assert isinstance(request, HttpRequest), (
            'The `request` argument must be an instance of '
            '`django.http.HttpRequest`, not `{}.{}`.'
            .format(request.__class__.__module__, request.__class__.__name__)
        )

        self._request = request
        self.parsers = parsers or ()
        self.authenticators = authenticators or ()
        self.negotiator = negotiator or self._default_negotiator()
        self.parser_context = parser_context
        self._data = Empty
        self._files = Empty
        self._full_data = Empty
        self._content_type = Empty
        self._stream = Empty

        if self.parser_context is None:
            self.parser_context = {}
        self.parser_context['request'] = self
        self.parser_context['encoding'] = request.encoding or settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET

        force_user = getattr(request, '_force_auth_user', None)
        force_token = getattr(request, '_force_auth_token', None)
        if force_user is not None or force_token is not None:
            forced_auth = ForcedAuthentication(force_user, force_token)
            self.authenticators = (forced_auth,)

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<%s.%s: %s %r>' % (
            self.__class__.__module__,
            self.__class__.__name__,
            self.method,
            self.get_full_path())

    # Allow generic typing checking for requests.
    def __class_getitem__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
        return cls

    def _default_negotiator(self):
        return api_settings.DEFAULT_CONTENT_NEGOTIATION_CLASS()

    @property
    def content_type(self):