Request object not passed in pipeline

[shoooe]

My pipeline doesn't receive the request object (the Django request object). What it receives is a dictionary request (at the very beginning of the pipeline), in the form:

MergeDict(<QueryDict: {}>, <QueryDict: {u'state': [u'somecode'], u'code': [u'somecode']}>)

Is this intended? If so, how can I access the original request object?

[omab]

The request is available at strategy.request when using the Django framework.

[shoooe]

Thanks.