Django REST framework authentication

Knox provides easy to use authentication for Django REST Framework The aim is to allow for common patterns in applications that are REST based, with little extra effort; and to ensure that connections remain secure. Knox authentication is token based, similar to the TokenAuthentication built in to DRF.

Setup knox

Knox provides one token per call to the login view – allowing each client to have its own token which is deleted on the server side when the client logs out. Knox also provides an option for a logged in client to remove all tokens that the server has – forcing all clients to re-authenticate.

Setup knox

JWT Authentication Workflow

Django-Knox is a framework that makes the authentication of the API endpoints built with the Django Rest Framework easier. However, Knox is also a token-based authentication like JSON Web Token (JWT) auth. Django-Knox comes with well-detailed documentation for easy implementation.9 Kas 2021