Update docs/api-guide/testing.md

Author: auvipy

docs/api-guide/testing.md

@@ -105,19 +105,19 @@ This means that setting attributes directly on the request object may not always
     request.user = user
     response = view(request)
 
-In case you want to test the request having a REST famework's `Request` you have to transform it by-hand before:
+If you want to test a request involving the REST framework’s 'Request' object, you’ll need to manually transform it first:
 
     class DummyView(APIView):
         ...
 
     factory = APIRequestFactory()
     request = factory.get('/', {'demo': 'test'})
-    DRF_request = DummyView().initialize_request(request)
-    assert DRF_request.query_params == {'demo': ['test']}
+    drf_request = DummyView().initialize_request(request)
+    assert drf_request.query_params == {'demo': ['test']}
 
     request = factory.post('/', {'example': 'test'})
-    DRF_request = DummyView().initialize_request(request)
-    assert DRF_request.data.get('example') == 'test'
+    drf_request = DummyView().initialize_request(request)
+    assert drf_request.data.get('example') == 'test'
 
 ---
 

tests/test_testing.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from rest_framework.test import (
     APIClient, APIRequestFactory, URLPatternsTestCase, force_authenticate
 )
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
 
 
 @api_view(['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'PATCH', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS'])
@@ -295,24 +296,26 @@ def test_explicitly_enforce_csrf_checks(self):
         assert response.data == expected
 
     def test_transform_factory_django_request_to_drf_request(self):
-        from rest_framework.views import APIView
+        """
+        ref: GH-3608 & GH-4440.
+        """
 
         factory = APIRequestFactory()
 
-        class DummyView(APIView):
+        class DummyView(APIView):  # Your custom view.
             ...
 
         request = factory.get('/', {'demo': 'test'})
-        DRF_request = DummyView().initialize_request(request)
-        assert DRF_request.query_params == {'demo': ['test']}
-        assert not hasattr(DRF_request, 'accepted_media_type')
+        drf_request = DummyView().initialize_request(request)
+        assert drf_request.query_params == {'demo': ['test']}
+        assert hasattr(drf_request, 'accepted_media_type') is False
 
-        DummyView().initial(DRF_request)
-        assert DRF_request.accepted_media_type == 'application/json'
+        DummyView().initial(drf_request)
+        assert drf_request.accepted_media_type == 'application/json'
 
         request = factory.post('/', {'example': 'test'})
-        DRF_request = DummyView().initialize_request(request)
-        assert DRF_request.data.get('example') == 'test'
+        drf_request = DummyView().initialize_request(request)
+        assert drf_request.data.get('example') == 'test'
 
     def test_invalid_format(self):
         """