Minor tweaks

djangorestframework/mixins.py

@@ -2,27 +2,6 @@ from djangorestframework import status
 from djangorestframework.response import Response
 
 
-class MetadataMixin(object):
-    """
-    Should be mixed in with any `BaseView`.
-    """
-    def metadata(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        content = {
-            'name': self.get_name(),
-            'description': self.get_description(),
-            'renders': self._rendered_media_types,
-            'parses': self._parsed_media_types,
-        }
-        #  TODO: Add 'fields', from serializer info.
-        # form = self.get_bound_form()
-        # if form is not None:
-        #     field_name_types = {}
-        #     for name, field in form.fields.iteritems():
-        #         field_name_types[name] = field.__class__.__name__
-        #     content['fields'] = field_name_types
-        raise Response(content, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
-
-
 class CreateModelMixin(object):
     """
     Create a model instance.
@@ -83,3 +62,25 @@ class DestroyModelMixin(object):
         self.object = self.get_object()
         self.object.delete()
         return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
+
+
+class MetadataMixin(object):
+    """
+    Return a dicitonary of view metadata.
+    Should be mixed in with any `BaseView`.
+    """
+    def metadata(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        content = {
+            'name': self.get_name(),
+            'description': self.get_description(),
+            'renders': self._rendered_media_types,
+            'parses': self._parsed_media_types,
+        }
+        #  TODO: Add 'fields', from serializer info.
+        # form = self.get_bound_form()
+        # if form is not None:
+        #     field_name_types = {}
+        #     for name, field in form.fields.iteritems():
+        #         field_name_types[name] = field.__class__.__name__
+        #     content['fields'] = field_name_types
+        raise Response(content, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)

djangorestframework/request.py

@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ class Request(object):
             user = authentication.authenticate(self)
             if user:
                 return user
+        return self._not_authenticated()
+
+    def _not_authenticated(self):
         return AnonymousUser()
 
     def __getattr__(self, name):

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)