Fixed #18659 -- Deprecated request.REQUEST and MergeDict

Thanks Aymeric Augustin for the suggestion.

django/contrib/admin/options.py

@@ -1284,8 +1284,10 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
         context = dict(self.admin_site.each_context(),
             title=_('Add %s') % force_text(opts.verbose_name),
             adminform=adminForm,
-            is_popup=IS_POPUP_VAR in request.REQUEST,
+            is_popup=(IS_POPUP_VAR in request.POST or
-            to_field=request.REQUEST.get(TO_FIELD_VAR),
+                      IS_POPUP_VAR in request.GET),
+            to_field=request.POST.get(TO_FIELD_VAR,
+                                      request.GET.get(TO_FIELD_VAR)),
             media=media,
             inline_admin_formsets=inline_admin_formsets,
             errors=helpers.AdminErrorList(form, formsets),
@@ -1357,8 +1359,10 @@ class ModelAdmin(BaseModelAdmin):
             adminform=adminForm,
             object_id=object_id,
             original=obj,
-            is_popup=IS_POPUP_VAR in request.REQUEST,
+            is_popup=(IS_POPUP_VAR in request.POST or
-            to_field=request.REQUEST.get(TO_FIELD_VAR),
+                      IS_POPUP_VAR in request.GET),
+            to_field=request.POST.get(TO_FIELD_VAR,
+                                      request.GET.get(TO_FIELD_VAR)),
             media=media,
             inline_admin_formsets=inline_admin_formsets,
             errors=helpers.AdminErrorList(form, formsets),

django/contrib/auth/admin.py

@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ class UserAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
             'adminForm': adminForm,
             'form_url': form_url,
             'form': form,
-            'is_popup': IS_POPUP_VAR in request.REQUEST,
+            'is_popup': (IS_POPUP_VAR in request.POST or
+                         IS_POPUP_VAR in request.GET),
             'add': True,
             'change': False,
             'has_delete_permission': False,

django/contrib/auth/tests/test_views.py

@@ -526,7 +526,6 @@ class LoginTest(AuthViewsTestCase):
         req.COOKIES[settings.CSRF_COOKIE_NAME] = token1
         req.method = "POST"
         req.POST = {'username': 'testclient', 'password': password, 'csrfmiddlewaretoken': token1}
-        req.REQUEST = req.POST
 
         # Use POST request to log in
         SessionMiddleware().process_request(req)

django/contrib/auth/views.py

@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ def login(request, template_name='registration/login.html',
     """
     Displays the login form and handles the login action.
     """
-    redirect_to = request.REQUEST.get(redirect_field_name, '')
+    redirect_to = request.POST.get(redirect_field_name,
+                                   request.GET.get(redirect_field_name, ''))
 
     if request.method == "POST":
         form = authentication_form(request, data=request.POST)
@@ -71,8 +72,10 @@ def logout(request, next_page=None,
     if next_page is not None:
         next_page = resolve_url(next_page)
 
-    if redirect_field_name in request.REQUEST:
+    if (redirect_field_name in request.POST or
-        next_page = request.REQUEST[redirect_field_name]
+            redirect_field_name in request.GET):
+        next_page = request.POST.get(redirect_field_name,
+                                     request.GET.get(redirect_field_name))
         # Security check -- don't allow redirection to a different host.
         if not is_safe_url(url=next_page, host=request.get_host()):
             next_page = request.path

django/core/handlers/wsgi.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import logging
 import sys
 from io import BytesIO
 from threading import Lock
+import warnings
 
 from django import http
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -129,6 +130,8 @@ class WSGIRequest(http.HttpRequest):
         return content_type, content_params
 
     def _get_request(self):
+        warnings.warn('`request.REQUEST` is deprecated, use `request.GET` or '
+                      '`request.POST` instead.', PendingDeprecationWarning, 2)
         if not hasattr(self, '_request'):
             self._request = datastructures.MergeDict(self.POST, self.GET)
         return self._request

django/utils/datastructures.py

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ class MergeDict(object):
     first occurrence will be used.
     """
     def __init__(self, *dicts):
+        warnings.warn('`MergeDict` is deprecated, use `dict.update()` '
+                      'instead.', PendingDeprecationWarning, 2)
         self.dicts = dicts
 
     def __bool__(self):

django/views/i18n.py

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def set_language(request):
     redirect to the page in the request (the 'next' parameter) without changing
     any state.
     """
-    next = request.REQUEST.get('next')
+    next = request.POST.get('next', request.GET.get('next'))
     if not is_safe_url(url=next, host=request.get_host()):
         next = request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER')
         if not is_safe_url(url=next, host=request.get_host()):

docs/internals/deprecation.txt

@@ -469,6 +469,10 @@ these changes.
 
 * ``django.forms.get_declared_fields`` will be removed.
 
+* The ``WSGIRequest.REQUEST`` property will be removed.
+
+* The class ``django.utils.datastructures.MergeDict`` will be removed.
+
 2.0
 ---
 

docs/ref/request-response.txt

@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ All attributes should be considered read-only, unless stated otherwise below.
 
 .. attribute:: HttpRequest.REQUEST
 
+    .. deprecated:: 1.7
+        Use the more explicit ``GET`` and ``POST`` instead.
+
     For convenience, a dictionary-like object that searches ``POST`` first,
     then ``GET``. Inspired by PHP's ``$_REQUEST``.
 

docs/releases/1.7.txt

@@ -639,3 +639,18 @@ deprecated. Use :djadminopt:`--natural-foreign` instead.
 
 Similarly, the ``use_natural_keys`` argument for ``serializers.serialize()``
 has been deprecated. Use ``use_natural_foreign_keys`` instead.
+
+Merging of ``POST`` and ``GET`` arguments into ``WSGIRequest.REQUEST``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+It was already strongly suggested that you use ``GET`` and ``POST`` instead of
+``REQUEST``, because the former are more explicit. The property ``REQUEST`` is
+deprecated and will be removed in Django 1.9.
+
+``django.utils.datastructures.MergeDict`` class
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``MergeDict`` exists primarily to support merging ``POST`` and ``GET``
+arguments into a ``REQUEST`` property on ``WSGIRequest``. To merge
+dictionaries, use ``dict.update()`` instead. The class ``MergeDict`` is
+deprecated and will be removed in Django 1.9.

tests/deprecation/tests.py

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import warnings
 
-from django.test import SimpleTestCase
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase, RequestFactory
 from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.datastructures import MergeDict
 from django.utils.deprecation import RenameMethodsBase
 
 
@@ -156,3 +157,22 @@ class RenameMethodsTests(SimpleTestCase):
                 '`DeprecatedMixin.old` is deprecated, use `new` instead.',
                 '`RenamedMixin.old` is deprecated, use `new` instead.',
             ])
+
+
+class DeprecatingRequestMergeDictTest(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_deprecated_request(self):
+        """
+        Ensure the correct warning is raised when WSGIRequest.REQUEST is
+        accessed.
+        """
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as recorded:
+            warnings.simplefilter('always')
+            request = RequestFactory().get('/')
+            _ = request.REQUEST
+
+            msgs = [str(warning.message) for warning in recorded]
+            self.assertEqual(msgs, [
+                '`request.REQUEST` is deprecated, use `request.GET` or '
+                '`request.POST` instead.',
+                '`MergeDict` is deprecated, use `dict.update()` instead.',
+            ])

tests/forms_tests/tests/test_forms.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import copy
 import datetime
+import warnings
 
 from django.core.files.uploadedfile import SimpleUploadedFile
 from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
@@ -560,6 +561,9 @@ class FormsTestCase(TestCase):
         f = SongForm(data)
         self.assertEqual(f.errors, {})
 
+        # MergeDict is deprecated, but is supported until removed.
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True):
+            warnings.simplefilter("always")
             data = MergeDict(MultiValueDict(dict(name=['Yesterday'], composers=['J', 'P'])))
             f = SongForm(data)
             self.assertEqual(f.errors, {})

tests/test_client_regress/views.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+import warnings
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
@@ -32,13 +33,20 @@ get_view = login_required(get_view)
 
 def request_data(request, template='base.html', data='sausage'):
     "A simple view that returns the request data in the context"
+
+    # request.REQUEST is deprecated, but needs testing until removed.
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+        warnings.simplefilter("always")
+        request_foo = request.REQUEST.get('foo')
+        request_bar = request.REQUEST.get('bar')
+
     return render_to_response(template, {
-        'get-foo':request.GET.get('foo',None),
+        'get-foo': request.GET.get('foo'),
-        'get-bar':request.GET.get('bar',None),
+        'get-bar': request.GET.get('bar'),
-        'post-foo':request.POST.get('foo',None),
+        'post-foo': request.POST.get('foo'),
-        'post-bar':request.POST.get('bar',None),
+        'post-bar': request.POST.get('bar'),
-        'request-foo':request.REQUEST.get('foo',None),
+        'request-foo': request_foo,
-        'request-bar':request.REQUEST.get('bar',None),
+        'request-bar': request_bar,
         'data': data,
     })
 

tests/utils_tests/test_datastructures.py

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class SortedDictTests(IgnorePendingDeprecationWarningsMixin, SimpleTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(list(reversed(self.d2)), [7, 0, 9, 1])
 
 
-class MergeDictTests(SimpleTestCase):
+class MergeDictTests(IgnorePendingDeprecationWarningsMixin, SimpleTestCase):
 
     def test_simple_mergedict(self):
         d1 = {'chris':'cool', 'camri':'cute', 'cotton':'adorable',