Failing test for #5582

tests/test_reading_post_directly.py

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+from django.conf.urls import url
+from django.test import TestCase, modify_settings, override_settings
+
+from rest_framework import status
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
+
+
+class MockMiddleware(object):
+    def __init__(self, get_response):
+        self.get_response = get_response
+
+    def __call__(self, request):
+        request.body
+        response = self.get_response(request)
+        request.POST
+        return response
+
+
+class MockView(APIView):
+    def post(self, request):
+        return Response(data=request.data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^$', MockView.as_view()),
+]
+
+
+@override_settings(
+    ROOT_URLCONF='tests.test_reading_post_directly'
+)
+@modify_settings(MIDDLEWARE={
+    'append': 'tests.test_reading_post_directly.MockMiddleware',
+})
+class TestReadingPostDirectly(TestCase):
+    def test_reading_post_directly(self):
+        self.client.post('/', {'foo': 'bar'})