Installation

Django Compatibility Matrix

If your project uses an older verison of Django or Django Rest Framework, you can choose an older version of this project.

This Project	Python Version	Django Version	Django Rest Framework
0.1+	3.5 - 3.10	2.2, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 4.0	3.7>=

Make sure to use at least DRF 3.10 when using Django 3.0 or newer.

Install Durin

Durin should be installed with pip:

$ pip install django-rest-durin

Setup Durin

• Add rest_framework and durin to your INSTALLED_APPS, remove rest_framework.authtoken if you were using it.:

  INSTALLED_APPS = (
    ...
    'rest_framework',
    'durin',
    ...
  )
  

• Make Durin’s durin.auth.TokenAuthentication your default authentication class for django-rest-framework:

  REST_FRAMEWORK = {
      'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': ('durin.auth.TokenAuthentication',),
      ...
  }
  

• Add the Durin’s URLs (durin.urls) patterns to your project.

• Customize Durin’s Settings (durin.settings) for your project.

• Apply the migrations for the models:

  $ python manage.py migrate
  

Hint

To use the cache backend for faster lookups, see durin.auth.CachedTokenAuthentication.