Making use of the token generated upon log in-CodePudding

I have coded the API to work with my web and also generate token upon login/register from the Postman request by using knox for the token. Now I want to make use of this token that is linked to the account that is logged in to get the username so I can know which account who make the request. But I am not sure on how to use this token. Can anyone provide me with some advise on how to do this as I am quite new on this. Thanks !

views.py

@api_view(['POST'])
@authentication_classes([TokenAuthentication])
@permission_classes([IsAuthenticated])
def create_job(request):
    job = Job()
    jobserializer = JobSerializers(job, data = request.data)
    if jobserializer.is_valid():
        operation = jobserializer.save()
        data = {}
        if operation:
            data["Success"] = "Successfully created"
        return Response(data)
    return Response(jobserializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)

serializers.py

class JobSerializers(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    class Meta:
        model = Job
        fields = ['combinedparameters', 'servicedate']

models.py

class Job(models.Model):
    owner = models.CharField(max_length = 150)    
    datetime = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
    combinedparameters = models.CharField(max_length = 1000)
    servicedate = models.CharField(max_length=10)
    def __str__(self):
            return self.servicedate

In the web browser, I get the user by request.user but I am not sure on how to make use of this token to get the user in API.

CodePudding user response：

If the user is authenticated, you can find the logged in user who is using that token, tokens are usually passed with the header with each request.

You can use a serializer for user details:

@api_view(['GET'])
def current_user(request):
    serializer = UserSerializer(request.user)
    return Response(serializer.data)

or without serializer:

@api_view(['GET'])
def current_user(request):
    user = request.user
    return Response({
        'username': user.username,
        'email': user.email
    })