From 90f92b3bfb9b58df5b9b6e584d012fe163c35c4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brandon Konkle <brandon@konkle.us>
Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:07:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Allow the data to be overridden by subclasses

---
 rest_framework/mixins.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/mixins.py b/rest_framework/mixins.py
index 1edcfa5c9..51eb21716 100644
--- a/rest_framework/mixins.py
+++ b/rest_framework/mixins.py
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ class CreateModelMixin(object):
     Create a model instance.
     Should be mixed in with any `BaseView`.
     """
-    def create(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
-        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.DATA, files=request.FILES)
+    def create(self, request, data=None, *args, **kwargs):
+        if data is None:
+            data = request.DATA
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=data, files=request.FILES)
         if serializer.is_valid():
             self.pre_save(serializer.object)
             self.object = serializer.save()