DRF authentication (Token, JWT) in Django - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to import the TokenAuthentication class from DRF.

Django

from rest_framework.authentication import [1]

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ATokenAuthentication

BSessionAuthentication

CBasicAuthentication

DJWTAuthentication

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Common Mistakes

Importing SessionAuthentication instead of TokenAuthentication

Trying to import JWTAuthentication which is not in rest_framework.authentication

The TokenAuthentication class is imported from rest_framework.authentication to enable token-based authentication in DRF.

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medium

Complete the code to add TokenAuthentication to the default authentication classes in DRF settings.

Django

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
        'rest_framework.authentication.[1]',
    ]
}

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ASessionAuthentication

BTokenAuthentication

CBasicAuthentication

DJWTAuthentication

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Common Mistakes

Using SessionAuthentication instead of TokenAuthentication

Using JWTAuthentication string which is not built-in in DRF

Setting 'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication' in DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES enables token auth globally.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to import the JWTAuthentication class from the djangorestframework_simplejwt package.

Django

from rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication import [1]

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AJWTAuthentication

BTokenAuthentication

CSimpleJWTAuthentication

DBasicAuthentication

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Common Mistakes

Importing TokenAuthentication from simplejwt package

Using a wrong class name like SimpleJWTAuthentication

The correct class to import for JWT auth from djangorestframework_simplejwt is JWTAuthentication.

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hard

Fill both blanks to configure JWTAuthentication and TokenAuthentication in DRF settings.

Django

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
        'rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.[1]',
        'rest_framework.authentication.[2]',
    ]
}

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AJWTAuthentication

BTokenAuthentication

CSessionAuthentication

DBasicAuthentication

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Mixing up the order of authentication classes

Using SessionAuthentication instead of TokenAuthentication

This config enables both JWT and Token authentication classes in DRF.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a view that uses JWTAuthentication and requires the user to be authenticated.

Django

from rest_framework.views import APIView
from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework.permissions import [1]
from rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication import [2]

class MyView(APIView):
    authentication_classes = [[3]]
    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]

    def get(self, request):
        return Response({'message': 'Hello, authenticated user!'})

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AIsAuthenticated

BJWTAuthentication

CJWTAuthentication()

DTokenAuthentication

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Common Mistakes

Using JWTAuthentication() with parentheses in authentication_classes

Forgetting to import IsAuthenticated permission

The permission class IsAuthenticated ensures only logged-in users access the view.
The authentication class JWTAuthentication is imported and used as a class reference in the list.