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Published inOct 2016
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Gaston C. Hillar
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Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8 years old. Gaston has a Bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an MBA. Currently, Gaston is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always looking for new adventures anywhere in the world. He was a senior contributing editor at Dr. Dobb's, and has written more than a hundred articles on software development topics. He has received the prestigious Intel Black Belt Software Developer award eight times. He has written many articles about Java for Oracle Java Magazine. Gaston was also a former Microsoft MVP in technical computing. He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and Brandon.
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Browsing the API with authentication credentials


Open a web browser and enter http://localhost:8000/. Replace localhost by the IP of the computer that is running the Django development server in case you use another computer or device to run the browser. The browsable API will compose and send a GET request to / and will display the results of its execution, that is, the Api Root. You will notice that there is a Log in hyperlink in the upper-right corner.

Click Log in and the browser will display the Django REST Framework login page. Enter kevin in username, kevinpassword in password, and click Log In. Remember to replace kevin with the name you used for the user and kevinpassword with the password you configured for this user. Now, you will be logged in as kevin and all the requests you compose and send through the browsable API will use this user. You will be redirected again to the Api Root and you will notice the Log In hyperlink is replaced with the username (kevin) and a drop-down menu...

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Published in: Oct 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781786462251

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Gaston C. Hillar

Gaston C. Hillar is Italian and has been working with computers since he was 8 years old. Gaston has a Bachelor's degree in computer science (graduated with honors) and an MBA. Currently, Gaston is an independent IT consultant and a freelance author who is always looking for new adventures anywhere in the world. He was a senior contributing editor at Dr. Dobb's, and has written more than a hundred articles on software development topics. He has received the prestigious Intel Black Belt Software Developer award eight times. He has written many articles about Java for Oracle Java Magazine. Gaston was also a former Microsoft MVP in technical computing. He lives with his wife, Vanesa, and his two sons, Kevin and Brandon.
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