Django REST API with Token authorization template.

This is a template django API application which uses token-based authorization.

Setup in debian/ubuntu:

create virtual environment

either by python utility (sudo apt install python3-venv):

python3 -m venv venv

or you can use virtualenv (sudo apt install virtualenv):

virtualenv venv

load environment

source venv/bin/activate

initialize project

pip install -r requirements.txt
python manage.py makemigrations users
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py createsuperuser

run

python manage.py runserver

Go to http://localhost:8000/admin , log in with admin credentials and create few users for testing.

Go to http://localhost:8000/users to test the API. All necessary information is provided on the page.