Django - DRF 2factor Authentication using an Authenticator App

👋This guides how to implement two-factor authentication in Django & DRF using Authenticator Apps
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Tools & Services:

• Django & DRF : for building the APIs
• Docker & Docker compose: Containerization
• PostgreSQL: Relational DB

By the end of this tutorial

• Understand how Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) works.
• Onboard a user on the system
• Generate a QR code for the user
• Enable users to make a login attempt using valid credentials, such as their email and password.
• Authenticate the user using an offline OTP generated by an Authenticator App.

Running locally

Create a .env file by copying the .env.sample provided and run:

docker compose build && docker compose up

to start the container. As an alternative, run:

docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up --build

to build and run the container using the dev yaml file. Make sure to externalize the db instance to be used. It can be in another container.

Run tests

Run descriptive tests in the container using:

docker compose exec <docker_container_name> pytest -rP -vv

Access the docs on:

http://localhost:8000/api/v1/doc

Doc

QR code

Test