Django Authentication with JWT

First steps

1. Login into your database and delete all _user or _users tables with the command:

psql -h localhost -p 55xx -U user_name db_name


> DROP TABLE thenameofyourdb CASCADE;

2. Make a new python environment with the command:

pyenv virtualenv 3.10.0 new_env
pyenv activate new_env
eval "$(pyenv init --path)"

3. Import your python dependencies with:

pip install -r requirements.txt

or instead:

pip install -r requirements2.txt

or:

pip install django djangorestframework djangorestframework-simplejwt PyJWT django-cors-headers mailer drf-yasg psycopg2-binary

4. Make your migrations:

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

5. Run with your server:

python manage.py runserver ip:port

Register

Create a new user with a POST request to the following endpoint:

/api/register

Using a Content-Type: application/json header with following JSON structure:

{
  "username": "username",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password: "password"
}

Login

Login with a POST request to the following endpoint:

/api/login

Using a Content-Type: application/json header with following JSON structure:

{
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "password: "password"
}

Logout

Login with a POST request to the following endpoint:

/api/logout

Using a Content-Type: application/json header with following JSON structure:

{
  "email": "[email protected]"
}