Hands-On RESTful Python Web Services - Second Edition

Browsing the API with authentication credentials

Open a web browser and enter http://localhost:8000/. Replace localhost with the IP of the computer that is running the Django development server if 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 there is a Log in hyperlink at the upper-right corner.

Click Log in and the browser will display the Django REST Framework login page. Enter gaston-hillar in the username field, enter FG$gI^76q#yA3v in the password field, and click Log In. Now, you will be logged in as gaston-hillar and all the requests you compose and send through the Browsable API ...