How can modify request data in django REST framework

Question

I am using Django REST Framework

request.data = '{"id": "10", "user": "Niroj"}'

I want to add extra attribute like "age": "30" before sending it to further like

    request.data = new_data
    response = super().post(request, *args, **kwargs)

I have two issues

1. Why request.data is coming as string rather than dict
2. How can i update the request.data

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

Generally request in drf views is rest_framework.request.Request instance. Following to it's source code (djangorestframework==3.8.2):

    @property
    def data(self):
        if not _hasattr(self, '_full_data'):
            self._load_data_and_files()
        return self._full_data

You can do:

request._full_data = your_data

Hope it helps!!
Thank You!