text: from threading import local
  
  _thread_locals = local()
  
  
  def get_current_request():
      return getattr(_thread_locals, 'request', None)
  
  
  class ThreadLocals(object):
      """
      Middleware that stores the request object in thread local storage.
      """
      def process_request(self, request):
          _thread_locals.request = request
  