Tag: Django REST framework authentication

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

djoser library provides a set of Django Rest Framework views to handle basic actions such as registration, login, logout, password reset and account activation . It works with custom user model.

In django-rest-framework, each user is only permitted one token. So if you’re signing in on multiple devices, it won’t be very secure . And when logging out, all devices will be logged out. However, with django-rest-knox, users are allowed multiple tokens for signing in on multiple devices.31 May 2020

In django-rest-framework, each user is only permitted one token. So if you’re signing in on multiple devices, it won’t be very secure . And when logging out, all devices will be logged out. However, with django-rest-knox, users are allowed multiple tokens for signing in on multiple devices.31 May 2020