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## TokenAuthentication
This policy uses [HTTP Authentication][basicauth] with a custom authentication scheme called "Token". Token basic authentication is appropriate for client-server setups, such as native desktop and mobile clients. The token key should be passed in as a string to the "Authorization" HTTP header. For example:
This policy uses [HTTP Authentication][basicauth] with no authentication scheme. Token basic authentication is appropriate for client-server setups, such as native desktop and mobile clients. The token key should be passed in as a string to the "Authorization" HTTP header. For example:
curl http://my.api.org/ -X POST -H "Authorization: Token 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"
curl http://my.api.org/ -X POST -H "Authorization: 0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"
**Note:** If you run `TokenAuthentication` in production your API must be `https` only, or it will be completely insecure.
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@@ -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`scheme, 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. To use your own token model, subclass the `djangorestframework.tokenauth.authentication.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. For convenience, the `djangorestframework.tokenauth.models.BaseToken` abstract model implements this minimum contract, and also randomly populates the key field when none is provided.