diff --git a/docs/installation.rst b/docs/installation.rst index 7508cd0..d4edbd3 100644 --- a/docs/installation.rst +++ b/docs/installation.rst @@ -157,13 +157,15 @@ If you are using Twitter for your social authentication, it is a bit different s JWT Support (optional) ---------------------- -By default, ``django-rest-auth`` uses Django's Token-based authentication. If you want to use JWT authentication, you need to install the following: +By default ``django-rest-auth`` uses Django's Token-based authentication. If you want to use JWT authentication, follow these steps: -1. Install ``django-rest-framework-jwt`` http://getblimp.github.io/django-rest-framework-jwt/ . Right now this is the only supported JWT library. +1. Install `django-rest-framework-jwt `_ + - ``django-rest-framework-jwt`` is currently the only supported JWT library. +2. The ``JWT_PAYLOAD_HANDLER`` and ``JWT_ENCODE_HANDLER`` settings are imported from the ``django-rest-framework-jwt`` settings object. + - Refer to `the library's documentation `_ for information on using different encoders. -2. Add the following to your settings +3. Add the following configuration value to your settings file to enable JWT authentication. .. code-block:: python - REST_USE_JWT = True - + REST_USE_JWT = True \ No newline at end of file