Django REST framework is a powerful and flexible toolkit for building Web APIs . Some reasons you might want to use REST framework: The Web browsable API is a huge usability win for your developers. Authentication policies including packages for OAuth1a and OAuth2.
Read moreWhat is Django REST Framework used for?
REST is a loosely defined protocol for listing, creating, changing, and deleting data on your server over HTTP. The Django REST framework (DRF) is a toolkit built on top of the Django web framework that reduces the amount of code you need to write to create REST interfaces .
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Start Using the API!
Read moreHow do I use token based authentication in Django REST Framework?
Setup the Login Function and api route Here we have created a login function which handled the POST request and get username and password as params and then authenticate them if they are correct then return the token if they are correct else return the not found response. map the /api/login route with our function.
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I personally would recommend a token-based authentication , so you don’t have to worry about clients intercepting user’s credentials.
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User authentication in Django
Read moreHow does Django REST Framework authentication work?
Authentication is the mechanism of associating an incoming request with a set of identifying credentials, such as the user the request came from, or the token that it was signed with . The permission and throttling policies can then use those credentials to determine if the request should be permitted.
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