Build Complete Authentication API with DRF | Postman | JWT

Download and install Python, PyCharm, and VS Code on Windows and Mac, follow the setup steps, and prepare your development environment.

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Create a Django project and account app in PyCharm. Install Django Rest framework and simple JWT, then configure token obtain and token refresh views for access and refresh tokens.

Create a custom Django user model using abstract base user, with email as username, include name and a remember me boolean, and set the auth user model in settings.

Learn how to implement a custom user model in django, perform migrations, create a superuser, register the model in admin, and prepare the app for a sign-up api.

Customize the Django admin panel by updating the custom user model and admin.py, and adjust the list to show email, name, id, remember me, and is admin.

Create a sign-up endpoint for user registration using Django REST framework. Set up the URL, a post API view, and a registration serializer with email, name, and password.

Validate user data and enforce password confirmation in the registration flow, create the user with a custom model, and handle serializer errors while testing the register endpoint with postman.

Build a login API using a Django DRF serializer and API view to authenticate users with email and password via post requests, returning success or error messages and status codes.

Implement a custom json response in DRF by creating a renderer to format error details for empty data in Postman, then wire it into the view to improve API errors.

Create a custom json renderer to show serializer errors for user registration in a json response. Integrate it by using UserRenderer and setting renderer_class in registration and login views.

Implement json web token authentication by integrating django rest framework simple jwt to issue access and refresh tokens on user registration and login, and verify responses with postman.