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10. Authentication and Authorization in the Django REST Framework

Valentino Gagliardi1  
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Colle di Val D’Elsa, Italy
 
This chapter covers:

  • Token-based authentication and JWT in brief

  • Session-based authentication for single-page apps

Writing a technical book means starting with a billion topics to cover, and not enough space to fit everything in.

Authentication is one of those huge topics that almost impossible to cover deeply in a single chapter. There are simply too many scenarios: mobile applications, desktop applications, and single-page apps. Since this book has been more about single-page ...

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