Get the Current Request in Django/Django Rest Framework

current_request.py

'''
This file contains custom Middilware Functionality
'''
from threading import current_thread

from django.utils.deprecation import MiddlewareMixin

#underscore remove

_requests = {}

def current_request():
    return _requests.get(current_thread().ident, None)


class RequestWare(MiddlewareMixin):

    def process_request(self, request):
        _requests[current_thread().ident] = request

    def process_response(self, request, response):
        # when response is ready, request should be flushed
        _requests.pop(current_thread().ident, None)
        return response


    def process_exception(self, request, exception):
        # if an exception has happened, request should be flushed too
         _requests.pop(current_thread().ident, None)

settings.py

# add the custom middleware in settngs.py 
# middleware section

MIDDLEWARE = [
  'YourRootFile.current_request.RequestWare'
]