Building RESTful Python Web Services

Browsing the API with authentication credentials

Open a web browser and enter http://localhost:8000/. Replace localhost by the IP of the computer that is running the Django development server in case you use another computer or device to run the browser. The browsable API will compose and send a GET request to / and will display the results of its execution, that is, the Api Root. You will notice that there is a Log in hyperlink in the upper-right corner.

Click Log in and the browser will display the Django REST Framework login page. Enter kevin in username, kevinpassword in password, and click Log In. Remember to replace kevin with the name you used for the user and kevinpassword with the password you configured for this user. Now, you will be ...