From 125f027d2d124e2a483406d9d70e447b8634350c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Hughes <mark@ismgames.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:48:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added setter to the auth property

---
 rest_framework/request.py       | 8 ++++++++
 rest_framework/tests/request.py | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rest_framework/request.py b/rest_framework/request.py
index 39c6432197..b7133608aa 100644
--- a/rest_framework/request.py
+++ b/rest_framework/request.py
@@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ def auth(self):
             self._user, self._auth = self._authenticate()
         return self._auth
 
+    @auth.setter
+    def auth(self, value):
+        """
+        Sets any non-user authentication information associated with the
+        request, such as an authentication token.
+        """
+        self._auth = value
+
     def _load_data_and_files(self):
         """
         Parses the request content into self.DATA and self.FILES.
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/request.py b/rest_framework/tests/request.py
index 2eb34ceaa0..1f05ff8ff3 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/request.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/request.py
@@ -303,3 +303,11 @@ def test_user_can_logout(self):
         self.assertFalse(self.request.user.is_anonymous())
         logout(self.request)
         self.assertTrue(self.request.user.is_anonymous())
+
+
+class TestAuthSetter(TestCase):
+
+    def test_auth_can_be_set(self):
+        request = Request(factory.get('/'))
+        request.auth = 'DUMMY'
+        self.assertEqual(request.auth, 'DUMMY')