Add content_as_python attribute to the APIClient.get() returned response object

gistfile1.py

import json

from rest_framework.test import APIClient


def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
    response = super(APIClient, self).get(*args, **kwargs)
    try:
        response.content_as_python = json.loads(response.content)
    except ValueError as e:
        response.content_as_python = e
    return response
APIClient.get = get

api_client = APIClient()
response = api_client.get('/api/spam/)
print(response.content_as_python)  # JSON object has been loaded to python