Get rid of the BaseToken abstract model

djangorestframework/tokenauth/models.py

 import uuid
 from django.db import models
 
-class BaseToken(models.Model):
+class BasicToken(models.Model):
     """
-    The base abstract authorization token model class.
+    The default authorization token model class.
     """
     key = models.CharField(max_length=32, primary_key=True, blank=True)
     user = models.ForeignKey('auth.User')
     revoked = models.BooleanField(default=False)
 
-    class Meta:
-        abstract=True
-
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         if not self.key:
             self.key = uuid.uuid4().hex
-        return super(BaseToken, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
-
-
-class BasicToken(BaseToken):
-    """
-    The default authorization token model class.
-    """
-    pass
+        return super(BasicToken, self).save(*args, **kwargs)

docs/api-guide/authentication.md

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ If successfully authenticated, `TokenAuthentication` provides the following cred
 * `request.user` will be a `django.contrib.auth.models.User` instance.
 * `request.auth` will be a `djangorestframework.tokenauth.models.BasicToken` instance.
 
-To use the `TokenAuthentication` policy, you must have a token model.  Django REST Framework comes with a minimal default token model.  To use it, include `djangorestframework.tokenauth` in your installed applications and sync your database.  To use your own token model, subclass the `djangorestframework.tokenauth.TokenAuthentication` class and specify a `model` attribute that references your custom token model.  The token model must provide `user`, `key`, and `revoked` attributes.  For convenience, the `djangorestframework.tokenauth.models.BaseToken` abstract model implements this minimum contract, and also randomly populates the key field when none is provided.
+To use the `TokenAuthentication` policy, you must have a token model.  Django REST Framework comes with a minimal default token model.  To use it, include `djangorestframework.tokenauth` in your installed applications and sync your database.  To use your own token model, subclass the `djangorestframework.tokenauth.TokenAuthentication` class and specify a `model` attribute that references your custom token model.  The token model must provide `user`, `key`, and `revoked` attributes.  Refer to the `djangorestframework.tokenauth.models.BasicToken` model as an example.
 
 ## OAuthAuthentication