From f40650a82f4e1b8ebec671da834655cfb99b6d19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dhaval Mehta <20968146+dhaval-mehta@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 22:59:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Create get_handler method

---
 rest_framework/views.py | 19 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/views.py b/rest_framework/views.py
index d1b5e4ed9..6f85223ff 100644
--- a/rest_framework/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/views.py
@@ -479,6 +479,16 @@ class APIView(View):
             request.force_plaintext_errors(use_plaintext_traceback)
         raise exc
 
+    # Get the appropriate handler method
+    def get_handler(self, request):
+        if request.method.lower() in self.http_method_names:
+            handler = getattr(self, request.method.lower(),
+                              self.http_method_not_allowed)
+        else:
+            handler = self.http_method_not_allowed
+
+        return handler
+
     # Note: Views are made CSRF exempt from within `as_view` as to prevent
     # accidental removal of this exemption in cases where `dispatch` needs to
     # be overridden.
@@ -495,14 +505,7 @@ class APIView(View):
 
         try:
             self.initial(request, *args, **kwargs)
-
-            # Get the appropriate handler method
-            if request.method.lower() in self.http_method_names:
-                handler = getattr(self, request.method.lower(),
-                                  self.http_method_not_allowed)
-            else:
-                handler = self.http_method_not_allowed
-
+            handler = self.get_handler(request)
             response = handler(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
         except Exception as exc: