Custom User Authentication with Simple JWT in Django RESTful

Gain insights into creating custom users, using Simple JWT for authentication, sending verification emails, managing tokens, resetting passwords, and testing endpoints in Django RESTful projects.

Intermediate

29 Lessons

Certificate of Completion

Gain insights into creating custom users, using Simple JWT for authentication, sending verification emails, managing tokens, resetting passwords, and testing endpoints in Django RESTful projects.

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This course includes

27 Playgrounds

7 Quizzes

This course includes

27 Playgrounds

7 Quizzes

Course Overview

In this course, you will learn to use a package called Simple JWT to help implement JWT authentication in your Django RESTful projects. In the beginning, you will learn how to create custom users in Django using Django RESTful. Next, you will learn to register users using JWT and send them account verification emails. After that, you will learn how to make custom token claims when logging in users, and also how to refresh the tokens after expiry. You will then learn how to reset passwords and understand ho...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

User Authentication In Django

Rest Api

What You'll Learn

Hands-on experience of creating custom users in Python using Django RESTful

The ability to authenticate users using Simple JWT

Working knowledge of sending account verification and password reset emails

Understanding of authentication through access and refresh tokens

The ability to test API endpoints

What You'll Learn

Hands-on experience of creating custom users in Python using Django RESTful

Course Content

About This Course

Get familiar with custom user authentication in Django using Simple JWT.

Introduction

Creating the Custom User Model Quiz : Creating the Custom User Model

Registering Custom User Using Simple JWT

Unpack the core of creating custom user registration, activation email, and endpoints using Simple JWT in Django.

Registration Serializer Registration View Registration Endpoint Resend Activation Email User Account Activation Email Quiz: Custom User Registration

Logging in User Using Simple JWT

Go hands-on with user login, authentication, and token handling using Simple JWT.

Resetting User Password

Apply your skills to resetting user passwords with serializers, secure emails, validation views, and endpoints.

Password Reset Serializers Password Reset Email Password Reset View Password Reset Endpoint Quiz: Resetting User Password

Organizing Users

Establish endpoints to list and retrieve user details with serializers and views.

Listing and Retrieving Users Quiz: Organizing Users

User Logout

2 Lessons

Implement secure user logout by managing and blocklisting JWT refresh tokens.

Managing and Testing the Endpoints

5 Lessons

Build on referencing endpoints, implementing CORS, and testing APIs using Postman.

Conclusion

1 Lesson

Learn how to use Django REST with Simple JWT for custom user authentication.

Appendix

1 Lesson

Get started with setting up Django, installing packages, configuring JWT, and running your project.

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