diff --git a/docs/api-guide/testing.md b/docs/api-guide/testing.md
index 261df80f27..d8fe08082b 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/testing.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/testing.md
@@ -102,6 +102,20 @@ This means that setting attributes directly on the request object may not always
request.user = user
response = view(request)
+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']}
+
+ request = factory.post('/', {'example': 'test'})
+ DRF_request = DummyView().initialize_request(request)
+ assert DRF_request.data.get('example') == 'test'
+
---
## Forcing CSRF validation
diff --git a/tests/test_testing.py b/tests/test_testing.py
index 196319a29e..f56d189065 100644
--- a/tests/test_testing.py
+++ b/tests/test_testing.py
@@ -263,6 +263,26 @@ def test_explicitly_enforce_csrf_checks(self):
assert response.status_code == 403
assert response.data == expected
+ def test_transform_factory_django_request_to_drf_request(self):
+ from rest_framework.views import APIView
+
+ factory = APIRequestFactory()
+
+ class DummyView(APIView):
+ ...
+
+ 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')
+
+ 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'
+
def test_invalid_format(self):
"""
Attempting to use a format that is not configured will raise an
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