From d8e4a988365922110748ed40ab5848c402244eb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eran Pinhas Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 09:20:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Changed the user object getter to observ the self._request.user --- rest_framework/request.py | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/rest_framework/request.py b/rest_framework/request.py index ec4b749c2..98cfc1b6f 100644 --- a/rest_framework/request.py +++ b/rest_framework/request.py @@ -218,6 +218,12 @@ class Request: if not hasattr(self, '_user'): with wrap_attributeerrors(): self._authenticate() + + # if we have user from upstream middlewares / django auth - we would like to use it + if hasattr(self._request, 'user'): + if hasattr(self._request.user, 'is_authenticated') and self._request.user.is_authenticated: + self._user = self._request.user + return self._user @user.setter