Add Django manage command to create a DRF user Token

rest_framework/authtoken/management/commands/drf_create_token.py

+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = 'Create DRF Token for a given user'
+
+    def create_user_token(self, username):
+        user = User.objects.get(username=username)
+        token = Token.objects.get_or_create(user=user)
+        return token[0]
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument('username', type=str, nargs='+')
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        username = options['username']
+        token = self.create_user_token(username)
+        print('Generated token {0} for user {1}'.format(token.key, username))

tests/test_authtoken.py

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.test import TestCase
 
 from rest_framework.authtoken.admin import TokenAdmin
+from rest_framework.authtoken.management.commands.drf_create_token import \
+    Command as AuthTokenCommand
 from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.authtoken.serializers import AuthTokenSerializer
 from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
@@ -33,3 +35,16 @@ class AuthTokenTests(TestCase):
         self.user.set_password(data['password'])
         self.user.save()
         assert AuthTokenSerializer(data=data).is_valid()
+
+
+class AuthTokenCommandTests(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.site = site
+        self.user = User.objects.create_user(username='test_user')
+
+    def test_command_create_user_token(self):
+        token = AuthTokenCommand().create_user_token(self.user.username)
+        assert token is not None
+        token_saved = Token.objects.first()
+        assert token.key == token_saved.key