baarlene / auth-django-react

Django-React Authentication with JWT Tokens

This project demonstrates a simple implementation of user authentication using Django for the backend and React for the frontend. JSON Web Tokens (JWT) are used to manage user authentication.

Table of Contents

• Prerequisites
• Setup
• Usage
• API Endpoints
• Dependencies
• Contributing
• License

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following installed:

• Python (3.6 and above)
• Node.js
• npm

Setup

Backend (Django)

1. Navigate to the backend directory:

   cd backend
   
   

API Endpoints Register User:

Endpoint: /api/register/ Method: POST Payload: { "username": "your_username", "password": "your_password" } Login User:

Endpoint: /api/login/ Method: POST Payload: { "username": "your_username", "password": "your_password" } Logout User:

Endpoint: /api/logout/ Method: POST User Profile:

Endpoint: /api/profile/ Method: GET Dependencies Backend:

Django Django REST framework djangorestframework-simplejwt Frontend:

React Axios (for API requests) Contributing Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open issues and pull requests.