https://github.com/zorig/django-rest-auth-bearer

Bearer auth for DRF
https://github.com/zorig/django-rest-auth-bearer

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Bearer auth for DRF

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/zorig/django-rest-auth-bearer
• Owner: Zorig
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-10-19T05:55:14.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-10-19T05:59:23.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-27T18:55:17.931Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 4.88 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Django rest Bearer Auth

---

Must have installed `rest_framework`, then install `bearer-auth` via pip and add it to `settings.py`

```python

pip install django-rest-auth-bearer

```

```python

INSTALLED_APPS: [

  ...,

  'rest_framework',

  'bearer_auth',

]

```

Add custom authentication to `BearerTokenAuth`

```python

    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (

        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',

        'bearer_auth.authentication.BearerTokenAuth',

    ),

```

Add `TOKEN_EXPIRES_IN` timespan to `settings.py`

```python

TOKEN_EXPIRES_IN = 2  #2hours

```

Customize `urls.py`

```python

from bearer_auth.views import ObtainToken

...

path('auth/token', ObtainToken.as_view()),

```

From frontend side, send request as following for acquire token

```json

"username": "username",

"password": "password123",

"grant_type": "password"  //must be password

```

As for response:

```json

{

  "token_type":"Bearer",

  "access_token":"c2fbea30732f113bbf879e51b2e49544d2de2d10"

  "refresh_token":"8ab39baa8f29041a891767a9323500073c9ee8e89e944af759",

  "expires_in":1

}

```

Moreover to refresh current token, send `refresh_token` value with grant_type `refresh_token` to same endpoint

```json

{

  "refresh_token":"8ab39baa8f29041a891767a9323500073c9ee8e89e944af759",

  "grant_type": "refresh_token"

}

```