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this package adds some extra features to djangorestframework's Token Authentication like refresh token, lifetime for refresh token and authorization token.

requirements

• django
• djagnorestframework

installation

pip install git+https://github.com/neel-bp/rest_framework-refreshtoken-auth.git

instructions

add refreshing_token to INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'rest_framework',
    'refreshing_token'
    ...
]

add refreshing_token.expiring_token.ExpiringTokenAuthentication to the list of authentication classes

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    ...
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
        ...
        'refreshing_token.expiring_token.ExpiringTokenAuthentication',
    )
    ...
}

finally run python manage.py migrate in your django project