From aeb3526b2591b3e6a28784a004a0862be0a50281 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bailey Stoner <github@monokro.me>
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 00:55:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update ` request.user ` after authenticating.

If we don't do this, then `request.user` will be the wrong instance after authenticating - which can lead to some weird issues. Specifically, in projects that use `request.user` in response middleware.
---
 rest_framework_jwt/views.py | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/rest_framework_jwt/views.py b/rest_framework_jwt/views.py
index 30cd4646..7a090e2e 100644
--- a/rest_framework_jwt/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework_jwt/views.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
                                     token,
                                     expires=expiration,
                                     httponly=True)
+            request.user = user
             return response
 
         return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)