Update JWT Support documentation to explain how the library uses django-rest-framework-jwt to handle token encoding.

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David Gunter 2017-06-15 16:30:21 -07:00
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JWT Support (optional)
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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 <http://getblimp.github.io/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 <http://getblimp.github.io/django-rest-framework-jwt/#additional-settings>`_ 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