django-react-jwt-auth-test
Trying out JWT authentication for a website with a React frontend and Django REST backend
Based on this tutorial.
Installation
Backend
- Open a terminal and navigate into the backend folder - make sure you stay in this directory
- Create a virtual python environment for the project (note steps 2 and 3 may differ if you're not using linux):
python -m venv venv(the first venv is the name of a command, the second venv is that name of the folder that will be created - this could be named anything you like but I like to use 'venv') - Activate the virtual environment:
source venv/bin/activate - Install requirements:
pip install -r requirements.txt - Apply django migrations:
python manage.py migrate. This will create a sqlite database which is essentially a file named db.sqlite3 that will mimic the functionality of a full blown SQL database. Note do NOT commit this file to git. - Create a superuser (admin) in the database by running:
python manage.py createsuperuser - Run the django development server to test it's working:
python manage.py runserver