DRF Simple JWT

This project demonstrates the basics of Django REST Framework (DRF) and the implementation of JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication using the Simple JWT library. The main objectives of this project were to learn how to set up JWT authentication and to explore the usage of the @api_view decorator to create custom APIs.

Features

JWT Authentication using Simple JWT
Custom APIs using @api_view
Basic CRUD operations
User authentication and authorization

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Python 3.x
Django
Django REST Framework
Simple JWT

Installation

Clone the repository:

https://github.com/Muneeb1030/Django_rest_freamwork_simpleJWT.git
cd Django_rest_freamwork_simpleJWT

Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use `venv\Scripts\activate`

Install the dependencies:

pip install django djangorestframework djangorestframework-simplejwt

Set up the Django project:

django-admin startproject myproject
cd myproject

Create a new app:

python manage.py startapp myapp

Add the new app and DRF to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'rest_framework',
    'rest_framework_simplejwt',
    'myapp',
]

Configure DRF and Simple JWT in settings.py:

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
        'rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication',
    ),
}

SIMPLE_JWT = {
    'ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(minutes=5),
    'REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(days=1),
    'BLACKLIST_AFTER_ROTATION': True,
    'ALGORITHM': 'HS256',
    'VERIFYING_KEY': None,
}

Create and apply migrations:

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

Create a superuser:

python manage.py createsuperuser

Usage