Removed request.REQUEST per deprecation timeline; refs #18659.

django/core/handlers/wsgi.py

@@ -6,15 +6,12 @@ import logging
 import sys
 from io import BytesIO
 from threading import Lock
-import warnings
 
 from django import http
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core import signals
 from django.core.handlers import base
 from django.core.urlresolvers import set_script_prefix
-from django.utils import datastructures
-from django.utils.deprecation import RemovedInDjango19Warning
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str, force_text
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.utils import six
@@ -121,13 +118,6 @@ class WSGIRequest(http.HttpRequest):
     def _get_scheme(self):
         return self.environ.get('wsgi.url_scheme')
 
-    def _get_request(self):
-        warnings.warn('`request.REQUEST` is deprecated, use `request.GET` or '
-                      '`request.POST` instead.', RemovedInDjango19Warning, 2)
-        if not hasattr(self, '_request'):
-            self._request = datastructures.MergeDict(self.POST, self.GET)
-        return self._request
-
     @cached_property
     def GET(self):
         # The WSGI spec says 'QUERY_STRING' may be absent.
@@ -154,7 +144,6 @@ class WSGIRequest(http.HttpRequest):
 
     POST = property(_get_post, _set_post)
     FILES = property(_get_files)
-    REQUEST = property(_get_request)
 
 
 class WSGIHandler(base.BaseHandler):

docs/ref/request-response.txt

@@ -108,21 +108,6 @@ All attributes should be considered read-only, unless stated otherwise below.
 
     Note: ``POST`` does *not* include file-upload information. See ``FILES``.
 
-.. 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``.
-
-    For example, if ``GET = {"name": "john"}`` and ``POST = {"age": '34'}``,
-    ``REQUEST["name"]`` would be ``"john"``, and ``REQUEST["age"]`` would be
-    ``"34"``.
-
-    It's strongly suggested that you use ``GET`` and ``POST`` instead of
-    ``REQUEST``, because the former are more explicit.
-
 .. attribute:: HttpRequest.COOKIES
 
     A standard Python dictionary containing all cookies. Keys and values are

docs/topics/http/middleware.txt

@@ -130,12 +130,11 @@ view; it'll apply response middleware to that
 
 .. note::
 
-    Accessing :attr:`request.POST <django.http.HttpRequest.POST>` or
-    :attr:`request.REQUEST <django.http.HttpRequest.REQUEST>` inside middleware
-    from ``process_request`` or ``process_view`` will prevent any view running
-    after the middleware from being able to :ref:`modify the upload handlers
-    for the request <modifying_upload_handlers_on_the_fly>`, and should
-    normally be avoided.
+    Accessing :attr:`request.POST <django.http.HttpRequest.POST>` inside
+    middleware from ``process_request`` or ``process_view`` will prevent any
+    view running after the middleware from being able to :ref:`modify the
+    upload handlers for the request <modifying_upload_handlers_on_the_fly>`,
+    and should normally be avoided.
 
     The :class:`~django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware` class can be
     considered an exception, as it provides the

tests/deprecation/tests.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import os
 import unittest
 import warnings
 
-from django.test import SimpleTestCase, RequestFactory, override_settings
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase, override_settings
 from django.test.utils import reset_warning_registry
 from django.utils import six, translation
 from django.utils.deprecation import RenameMethodsBase
@@ -175,26 +175,6 @@ class RenameMethodsTests(SimpleTestCase):
             ])
 
 
-class DeprecatingRequestMergeDictTest(SimpleTestCase):
-    def test_deprecated_request(self):
-        """
-        Ensure the correct warning is raised when WSGIRequest.REQUEST is
-        accessed.
-        """
-        reset_warning_registry()
-        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as recorded:
-            warnings.simplefilter('always')
-            request = RequestFactory().get('/')
-            request.REQUEST  # evaluate
-
-            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.',
-            ])
-
-
 @override_settings(USE_I18N=True)
 class DeprecatedChineseLanguageCodes(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_deprecation_warning(self):

tests/test_client_regress/tests.py

@@ -953,14 +953,12 @@ class zzUrlconfSubstitutionTests(TestCase):
 class ContextTests(TestCase):
     fixtures = ['testdata']
 
-    @ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango19Warning)  # `request.REQUEST` is deprecated
     def test_single_context(self):
         "Context variables can be retrieved from a single context"
         response = self.client.get("/request_data/", data={'foo': 'whiz'})
         self.assertEqual(response.context.__class__, Context)
         self.assertIn('get-foo', response.context)
         self.assertEqual(response.context['get-foo'], 'whiz')
-        self.assertEqual(response.context['request-foo'], 'whiz')
         self.assertEqual(response.context['data'], 'sausage')
 
         try:
@@ -969,7 +967,6 @@ class ContextTests(TestCase):
         except KeyError as e:
             self.assertEqual(e.args[0], 'does-not-exist')
 
-    @ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango19Warning)  # `request.REQUEST` is deprecated
     def test_inherited_context(self):
         "Context variables can be retrieved from a list of contexts"
         response = self.client.get("/request_data_extended/", data={'foo': 'whiz'})
@@ -977,7 +974,6 @@ class ContextTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(response.context), 2)
         self.assertIn('get-foo', response.context)
         self.assertEqual(response.context['get-foo'], 'whiz')
-        self.assertEqual(response.context['request-foo'], 'whiz')
         self.assertEqual(response.context['data'], 'bacon')
 
         try:
@@ -1252,7 +1248,6 @@ class RequestMethodStringDataTests(TestCase):
 @override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='test_client_regress.urls',)
 class QueryStringTests(TestCase):
 
-    @ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango19Warning)  # `request.REQUEST` is deprecated
     def test_get_like_requests(self):
         # See: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/10571.
         for method_name in ('get', 'head'):
@@ -1260,25 +1255,19 @@ class QueryStringTests(TestCase):
             method = getattr(self.client, method_name)
             response = method("/request_data/", data={'foo': 'whiz'})
             self.assertEqual(response.context['get-foo'], 'whiz')
-            self.assertEqual(response.context['request-foo'], 'whiz')
 
             # A GET-like request can pass a query string as part of the URL
             response = method("/request_data/?foo=whiz")
             self.assertEqual(response.context['get-foo'], 'whiz')
-            self.assertEqual(response.context['request-foo'], 'whiz')
 
             # Data provided in the URL to a GET-like request is overridden by actual form data
             response = method("/request_data/?foo=whiz", data={'foo': 'bang'})
             self.assertEqual(response.context['get-foo'], 'bang')
-            self.assertEqual(response.context['request-foo'], 'bang')
 
             response = method("/request_data/?foo=whiz", data={'bar': 'bang'})
             self.assertEqual(response.context['get-foo'], None)
             self.assertEqual(response.context['get-bar'], 'bang')
-            self.assertEqual(response.context['request-foo'], None)
-            self.assertEqual(response.context['request-bar'], 'bang')
 
-    @ignore_warnings(category=RemovedInDjango19Warning)  # `request.REQUEST` is deprecated
     def test_post_like_requests(self):
         # A POST-like request can pass a query string as data
         response = self.client.post("/request_data/", data={'foo': 'whiz'})
@@ -1289,21 +1278,17 @@ class QueryStringTests(TestCase):
         response = self.client.post("/request_data/?foo=whiz")
         self.assertEqual(response.context['get-foo'], 'whiz')
         self.assertEqual(response.context['post-foo'], None)
-        self.assertEqual(response.context['request-foo'], 'whiz')
 
         # POST data provided in the URL augments actual form data
         response = self.client.post("/request_data/?foo=whiz", data={'foo': 'bang'})
         self.assertEqual(response.context['get-foo'], 'whiz')
         self.assertEqual(response.context['post-foo'], 'bang')
-        self.assertEqual(response.context['request-foo'], 'bang')
 
         response = self.client.post("/request_data/?foo=whiz", data={'bar': 'bang'})
         self.assertEqual(response.context['get-foo'], 'whiz')
         self.assertEqual(response.context['get-bar'], None)
         self.assertEqual(response.context['post-foo'], None)
         self.assertEqual(response.context['post-bar'], 'bang')
-        self.assertEqual(response.context['request-foo'], 'whiz')
-        self.assertEqual(response.context['request-bar'], 'bang')
 
 
 @override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='test_client_regress.urls')

tests/test_client_regress/views.py

@@ -38,17 +38,11 @@ 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_foo = request.REQUEST.get('foo')
-    request_bar = request.REQUEST.get('bar')
-
     return render_to_response(template, {
         'get-foo': request.GET.get('foo'),
         'get-bar': request.GET.get('bar'),
         'post-foo': request.POST.get('foo'),
         'post-bar': request.POST.get('bar'),
-        'request-foo': request_foo,
-        'request-bar': request_bar,
         'data': data,
     })