Test Django REST Framework Login Protected API using Postman?

Question

I need to test REST API using postman. API is build using Django REST Framework. Only login user can get access to API. I am not able to find how I can send login credentials using postman.

class ApiMemberGroupNameList(views.APIView):
    permission_classes = (
        permissions.IsAuthenticated,
        RequiredOrgPermission,
        RequiredOrgStaffMemberPermission)

    def get(self, request, **kwargs):
        pk = kwargs.get('pk')
        hash = kwargs.get('hash')
        member_obj = get_object_or_404(Member.objects.filter(org__hash=hash, pk=pk))
        return Response(GroupListSerializer(member_obj.groups.all(), many=True).data)

Send the login details to your login url with a post request via Postman. I dont know how your authentication works, but your API should return some sort of access token, which you can probably use to access the rest of the API — Snackoverflow
– Snackoverflow, Commented Jun 6, 2018 at 8:16
Continuing on from @Snackoverflow, then you should be able to use the access token using something like stackoverflow.com/questions/40539609/… — Wiggy A.
– Wiggy A., Commented Jun 6, 2018 at 8:17
Authentication is not the token base. It is normal Django authentication using username and password. May we can send cookies info in a way the browser sends to the server. — Shahzad Farukh
– Shahzad Farukh, Commented Jun 6, 2018 at 8:20

Baris Senyerli · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-21 18:05:17Z

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You can use Basic Auth in POSTMAN. Refer to this screenshot:

You could change the HTTP Methods, URLs, Data Payload(under Body tab) etc in the POSTMAN console

UPDATE-1

After your comments, I tried to recreated the problem.What I did was:

created a view

 from rest_framework.views import APIView
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
 from rest_framework.response import Response

 class MySampleView(APIView):
     permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)

     def get(self, request):
         return Response(data={"status": True})

Added to urls.py

 urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^mysampleview/$', MySampleView.as_view())
 ]

And my POSTMAN response are below:

Authorization Screenshot

Header Screenshot

My conclusion

You may enter wrong credentials, or something else. I would suggest you open a new POSTMAN tab and repeat the procedure, also try to login Django admin using the same credential which is already used in POSTMAN.

edited Feb 21, 2022 at 18:05

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answered Jun 6, 2018 at 8:23

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Shahzad Farukh Over a year ago

I have tried this one but it's not working. Normally Django varifies authenticated a user through session and cookies.

JPG Over a year ago

Can you add your respective view.py?

Shahzad Farukh Over a year ago

Peter I have added view in question.

JPG Over a year ago

seems like you only added permission_classes in views. Did you add any other authentication methods in settings?

Shahzad Farukh Over a year ago

No, I am not using any other authentication model in settings. Even I remove permission classes except for IsAuthenticated. I still face the same issue.

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Viktoriya Dorosheva · Accepted Answer · 2020-07-30 15:25:04Z

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If you want to use Basic Authentification to test Django REST API, it must be allowed in Django REST Framework settings:

'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
        'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication',
...

answered Jul 30, 2020 at 15:25

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