Django Rest Framework: JWT Authorization failed

Question

I have an application wrote with Django REST Framework (DRF). Also, there are such registered endpoints:

from refreshtoken.views import delegate_jwt_token
from rest_framework_jwt.views import obtain_jwt_token

urlpatterns = [
    path('api-token-auth/', obtain_jwt_token),
    path('api-auth/', include('rest_framework.urls', namespace='rest_framework')),
    path(r'refresh-token', delegate_jwt_token, name='refresh-token'),
]

Also, there are some endpoints, which requires authorization.

So, I'm trying to extract my token using curl client:

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://127.0.0.1:8000/api-token-auth/ -d '{"username": "test", "password": "testpassword"}'

It returns something like this:

{"token":"eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoiYTdlMmIyMjItZTZkNy00NjhiLTkxNzYtOTE2YzAwZWRhY2E2IiwidXNlcm5hbWUiOiJ0ZXN0IiwiZXhwIjoxNTUwNTEwNDAwLCJlbWFpbCI6InRlc3RAZHhhbXBsZS5jb20iLCJpc19zdGFmZiI6ZmFsc2UsImdyb3VwcyI6W10sInN1YnNjcmliZWQiOmZhbHNlLCJ0ZWxlZ3JhbV9zdWJzY3JpYmVkIjpmYWxzZX0.OExR9TlO3GUisYAu_D86CJ6hgF1EcofpQA0MZ1ENT2c","refresh_token":"1ab03e609d7a7ae05ce104c73858a346a0438e72"}

Then, using this token I want to login, using token:

curl -X POST -H "Authorization: JWT eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoiYTdlMmIyMjItZTZkNy00NjhiLTkxNzYtOTE2YzAwZWRhY2E2IiwidXNlcm5hbWUiOiJ0ZXN0IiwiZXhwIjoxNTUwNTEwNDAwLCJlbWFpbCI6InRlc3RAZHhhbXBsZS5jb20iLCJpc19zdGFmZiI6ZmFsc2UsImdyb3VwcyI6W10sInN1YnNjcmliZWQiOmZhbHNlLCJ0ZWxlZ3JhbV9zdWJzY3JpYmVkIjpmYWxzZX0.OExR9TlO3GUisYAu_D86CJ6hgF1EcofpQA0MZ1ENT2c" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://127.0.0.1:8000/api-auth/login/ -d '{"username": "test", "password": "testpassword"}'

It returns 403 (Forbidden)CSRF verification failed. Request aborted.

Why I'm doing wrong?

One interesting point here:

Each request for the token returns a new token for the same user:password pair (is it expected or my token expires too fast)?

gdef_ gdef_ · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-18T17:37:18

Once you have the token you don't need to pass the login credentials or go to the login url like you are trying, the token will provide the authentication. Try accessing a protected url like in the docs example:

Now in order to access protected api urls you must include the Authorization: JWT header.

$ curl -H "Authorization: JWT <your_token>" http://localhost:8000/protected-url/

Make sure you added 'rest_framework_jwt.authentication.JSONWebTokenAuthentication' to 'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES' like in the docs.

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_PERMISSION_CLASSES': (
        'rest_framework.permissions.IsAuthenticated',
    ),
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
        'rest_framework_jwt.authentication.JSONWebTokenAuthentication',
        'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
        'rest_framework.authentication.BasicAuthentication',
    ),
}

Regarding your last question:

Each request for the token returns a new token for the same user:password pair (is it expected or my token expires too fast)?

That's expected, every time you call /api-token-auth/ you are generating a new one. The default expiration is 5 minutes, you can change it in the settings using JWT_EXPIRATION_DELTA. Check additional settings.

Django Rest Framework: JWT Authorization failed

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