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http://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/authentication/#tokenauthentication #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. #REST framework provides a number of authentication schemes out of the box, and also allows you to implement custom schemes. #Django_REST_Framework#Django#DRF

https://michaelwashburnjr.com/django-user-authentication/ User #Authentication with #Django_REST_Framework User Authentication is a simple concept, but when it comes to properly implementing it in Django, things can get complicated. Django offers an abundance of different authentication mechanisms: BasicAuthentication, TokenAuthentication, SessionAuthentication, and various ways to implement custom authentication mechanisms.

Using the Django authentication system This document explains the usage of Django’s #authentication system in its default configuration. This configuration has evolved to serve the most common project needs, handling a reasonably wide range of tasks, and has a careful implementation of #passwords and #permissions. For projects where authentication needs differ from the default, #Django supports extensive extension and customization of authentication. https://docs.djangoproject.com/es/1.11/topics/auth/default/