Django Rest Framework Postman Token Authentication

Question

I am using Django Rest Framework Token authentication and if i do curl http://localhost:8000/api/v1/users/?format=json -H 'Authorization: Token 0a813fdcd3f8846d6fa376f2592bbc678b0b8e85' everything works fine.

But when i try to achieve that with Postman chrome client it nothing happens. What am i doing wrong??

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does removing format=json on the end fix anything it seems unecessary if postman is already sending the content-type in the headers. — Chris Hawkes, Oct 28 '14 at 19:41

score 46 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '14 at 21:18

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You are setting the header to Authorization: Token when it really should just be Authorization. The header is actually just Authorization, but the value is Token [token_string], where [token_string] is the authorization token that you have obtained.

answered Oct 28 '14 at 21:18

Kevin Brown-Silva

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Make sure your value is `Token` followed by a space, followed by the actual token as specified in this answer (which is correct). – a2f0 Feb 12 '18 at 02:18

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 13 '22 at 00:19

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For the new version of postman it is necessary to choose Auth 2 type authentication in the left panel, then in the right panel, specify the DRf key which is "Token" and in the value the token itself.

answered Sep 13 '22 at 00:19

cscthian

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 15 '22 at 10:07

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In addition to the above answer, make sure to enable "Follow Authorization header" under setting (See below screenshot)

answered Apr 15 '22 at 10:07

Husam Alhwadi

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 13 '22 at 06:57

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After Specifying Authorization and Token value try to add the token in an environment so that every time you don't have to copy the token value.

answered Sep 13 '22 at 06:57

Naveen Pandia

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 19 '22 at 12:17

After get access token from http://127.0.0.1:8000/accounts/login/

such this :

{
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "tokens": {
        "refresh": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ0b2tlbl90eXBlIjoicmVmcmVzaCIsImV4cCI6MTY2NjI2NTAxMSwiaWF0IjoxNjY2MTc4NjExLCJqdGkiOiJjZWM3MzJmNDZkMGE0MTNjOTE3ODM5ZGYxNzRiNzMxZCIsInVzZXJfaWQiOjcwfQ.5Rd25s6msp72IHyU1BxE4ym24YIEbhyFsBdUztGXz0I",
        "access": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ0b2tlbl90eXBlIjoiYWNjZXNzIiwiZXhwIjoxNjY2MjY1MDExLCJpYXQiOjE2NjYxNzg2MTEsImp0aSI6IjgyOWFmZGE5MWY2ODRhNDZhMDllZGMzMmI0NmY0Mzg5IiwidXNlcl9pZCI6NzB9.TYhi0INai293ljc5zBk59Hwet-m9a1Mc1CtA56BEE_8"
    },
    "id": 70
}

copy content of "access" key in response, then in post man in Headers add new item by key : Authorization and value such this:

Bearer eyJ0eXAi....

that eyJ0eXAi.... is value of access key.

then send the request.

Django Rest Framework Postman Token Authentication

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