auth-system

Django Rest Framework Authentication with JWT

This project implements user authentication using Django Rest Framework (DRF) and Simple JWT, with a custom login implementation.

Features

✅ User Registration (Signup)
✅ User Login with JWT (Custom Implementation)
✅ Access & Refresh Token Mechanism
✅ Token Refresh Endpoint
✅ Secure API Authentication

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Installation

1. Clone the repository

   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/yourproject.git
   cd yourproject

2. Create & activate virtual environment

   python -m venv env
   source env/bin/activate  # MacOS/Linux
   env\Scripts\activate    # Windows

3. Install dependencies

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run migrations

   python manage.py migrate

5. Run the development server

   python manage.py runserver

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API Endpoints

🔹 Register a new user

Endpoint: POST /user/api/register/
Request Body:

{
  "username": "testuser",
  "email": "test@example.com",
  "password": "yourpassword"
}

Response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "username": "testuser",
  "email": "test@example.com"
}

🔹 Login and obtain tokens (Custom Implementation)

Endpoint: POST /user/api/login/ Request Body:

{
  "username": "testuser",
  "password": "yourpassword"
}

Response:

{
  "refresh": "your_refresh_token",
  "access": "your_access_token"
}

🔹 Refresh access token

Endpoint: POST /user/api/token/refresh/ Request Body:

{
  "refresh": "your_refresh_token"
}

Response:

{
  "access": "your_new_access_token"
}

🔹 Access a protected endpoint

Use the access token in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer your_access_token

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Environment Variables

Create a .env file and add:

SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
DEBUG=True
ALLOWED_HOSTS=*

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Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! Feel free to improve the authentication system or add new features. 🚀

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.