api: attach the call context variables to request for later usage

in API calls.

rhodecode/api/__init__.py

@@ -35,8 +35,9 b' from pyramid.httpexceptions import HTTPN'
 
 from rhodecode.api.exc import (
     JSONRPCBaseError, JSONRPCError, JSONRPCForbidden, JSONRPCValidationError)
+from rhodecode.apps._base import TemplateArgs
 from rhodecode.lib.auth import AuthUser
-from rhodecode.lib.base import get_ip_addr
+from rhodecode.lib.base import get_ip_addr, attach_context_attributes
 from rhodecode.lib.ext_json import json
 from rhodecode.lib.utils2 import safe_str
 from rhodecode.lib.plugins.utils import get_plugin_settings
@@ -278,6 +279,11 b' def request_view(request):'
         'request': request,
         'apiuser': auth_u
     })
+
+    # register some common functions for usage
+    attach_context_attributes(TemplateArgs(), request, request.rpc_user.user_id,
+                              attach_to_request=True)
+
     try:
         ret_value = func(**call_params)
         return jsonrpc_response(request, ret_value)

rhodecode/lib/base.py

@@ -265,7 +265,7 b' class BasicAuth(AuthBasicAuthenticator):'
     __call__ = authenticate
 
 
-def attach_context_attributes(context, request, user_id):
+def attach_context_attributes(context, request, user_id, attach_to_request=False):
     """
     Attach variables into template context called `c`, please note that
     request could be pylons or pyramid request in here.
@@ -388,9 +388,13 b' def attach_context_attributes(context, r'
     context.backends = rhodecode.BACKENDS.keys()
     context.backends.sort()
     context.unread_notifications = NotificationModel().get_unread_cnt_for_user(user_id)
+    if attach_to_request:
+        request.call_context = context
+    else:
     context.pyramid_request = pyramid.threadlocal.get_current_request()
 
 
+
 def get_auth_user(environ):
     ip_addr = get_ip_addr(environ)
     # make sure that we update permissions each time we call controller