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Example project showing how to implement Django Rest Framework authentication in your web application by leveraging the built-in Django session framework.

Example project showing how to implement Django Rest Framework authentication in your web application by leveraging the built-in Django session framework.

This approach is way simpler (and secure) than other popular methods such as JWT, and has only one requirement: your frontend (think Vue.js, React, ...) and your backend should be served by the same domain.

A more detailed explaination can be found in my tutorial:

Django Rest Framework Authentication: the easy way