Overview

I wanted to use JWT with Django, so I tried djangorestframework-jwt.

GitHub - jpadilla/django-rest-framework-jwt: JSON Web Token Authentication support for Django REST Framework

JSON Web Token Authentication support for Django REST Framework - jpadilla/django-rest-framework-jwt

GitHub

I followed the instructions on the following site.

ジャンゴ(django)でJWTを使う方法

ジャンゴ(django)のプロジェクトでAPIを使う時、JWT(Json Web Token)認証を使う方法について説明します。

DeKu

However, when I added 'rest_framework_jwt.authentication.JSONWebTokenAuthentication', the following error occurred.

ImportError: cannot import name 'smart_text' from 'django.utils.encoding'

Upon investigation, I found the following article.

Could not import 'rest_framework_jwt.authentication.JSONWebTokenAuthentication' for API setting 'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES'

Full Error: Could not import 'rest_framework_jwt.authentication.JSONWebTokenAuthentication' for API setting 'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES'. ImportError: cannot import name 'smart_text' from 'django.

Stack Overflow

It suggested using djangorestframework-simplejwt instead.

GitHub - jazzband/djangorestframework-simplejwt: A JSON Web Token authentication plugin for the Django REST Framework.

A JSON Web Token authentication plugin for the Django REST Framework. - jazzband/djangorestframework-simplejwt

GitHub

Below are my notes on how to use it.

djangorestframework-simplejwt

I was able to verify its operation by following the page below.

Getting started — Simple JWT 0.0.post50+ge9120d415 documentation

django-rest-framework-simplejwt.readthedocs.io

Postman

Send a POST request with username and password to the following endpoint.

http://localhost:8000/api/token/

As a result, you receive refresh and access tokens.

Using the access token value, set the Authorization header and send requests. By sending it in the format Bearer [jwt], I was able to use the API.

Summary

I hope this is helpful for using JWT with Django.