Renamed AuthTokenView to ObtainAuthToken, added obtain_auth_token var, updated tests & docs. Left authtoken.urls in place as example.

docs/api-guide/authentication.md

@@ -114,16 +114,13 @@ If you've already created some User`'s, you can run a script like this.
 
 When using TokenAuthentication, it may be useful to add a login view for clients to retrieve the token. 
 
-REST framework provides a built-in login view. To use it, add a pattern to include the token login view for clients as follows:
+REST framework provides a built-in login view for clients to retrieve the token called `rest_framework.authtoken.obtain_auth_token`. To use it, add a pattern to include the token login view for clients as follows:
 
     urlpatterns += patterns('',
-        url(r'^api-token-auth/', include('rest_framework.authtoken.urls',
-                                         namespace='rest_framework'))
+        url(r'^api-token-auth/', 'rest_framework.authtoken.obtain_auth_token')
     )
 
-The `r'^api-token-auth/'` part of pattern can actually be whatever URL you want to use.  The only restriction is that the included urls must use the `'rest_framework'` namespace.  
-
-The authtoken login view will render a JSON response when a valid `username` and `password` fields are POST'ed to the view using forms or JSON:
+The `r'^api-token-auth/'` part of pattern can actually be whatever URL you want to use. The authtoken login view will render a JSON response when a valid `username` and `password` fields are POST'ed to the view using forms or JSON:
 
     { 'token' : '9944b09199c62bcf9418ad846dd0e4bbdfc6ee4b' }
 

docs/topics/credits.md

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ The following people have helped make REST framework great.
 * Ben Konrath - [benkonrath]
 * Marc Aymerich - [glic3rinu]
 * Ludwig Kraatz - [ludwigkraatz]
+* Rob Romano - [robromano]
 
 Many thanks to everyone who's contributed to the project.
 
@@ -155,3 +156,5 @@ To contact the author directly:
 [benkonrath]: https://github.com/benkonrath
 [glic3rinu]: https://github.com/glic3rinu
 [ludwigkraatz]: https://github.com/ludwigkraatz
+[robromano]: https://github.com/robromano
+

docs/topics/release-notes.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ## Master
 
 * Support for `read_only_fields` on `ModelSerializer` classes.
+* Add convenience login view to get tokens when using `TokenAuthentication`
 
 ## 2.1.2
 

rest_framework/authtoken/urls.py

@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 """
-Login and logout views for token authentication.
+Login view for token authentication.
 
-Add these to your root URLconf if you're using token authentication
+Add this to your root URLconf if you're using token authentication
 your API requires authentication.
 
-The urls must be namespaced as 'rest_framework', and you should make sure
-your authentication settings include `TokenAuthentication`.
+You should make sure your authentication settings include
+`TokenAuthentication`. 
 
     urlpatterns = patterns('',
         ...
-        url(r'^auth-token', include('rest_framework.authtoken.urls', namespace='rest_framework'))
+        url(r'^auth-token/', 'rest_framework.authtoken.obtain_auth_token')
     )
 """
+
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
-from rest_framework.authtoken.views import AuthTokenView
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('rest_framework.authtoken.views',
-    url(r'^login/$', AuthTokenView.as_view(), name='token_login'),
+    url(r'^login/$', 'rest_framework.authtoken.views.obtain_auth_token', name='token_login'),
 )

rest_framework/authtoken/views.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.authtoken.serializers import AuthTokenSerializer
 
-class AuthTokenView(APIView):
+class ObtainAuthToken(APIView):
     throttle_classes = ()
     permission_classes = ()
     parser_classes = (parsers.FormParser, parsers.MultiPartParser, parsers.JSONParser,)
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ class AuthTokenView(APIView):
             return Response({'token': token.key})
         return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
+
+obtain_auth_token = ObtainAuthToken.as_view()

rest_framework/tests/authentication.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ MockView.authentication_classes += (TokenAuthentication,)
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     (r'^$', MockView.as_view()),
-    (r'^auth-token/', include('rest_framework.authtoken.urls')),
+    (r'^auth-token/', 'rest_framework.authtoken.views.obtain_auth_token'),
 )