From e51dc1855c2e0b2c079d5e248e58afea5bc016f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mateusz Sikora Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:51:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update authentication.md --- docs/api-guide/authentication.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/api-guide/authentication.md b/docs/api-guide/authentication.md index 4b8110bd6..fe1be7bf0 100755 --- a/docs/api-guide/authentication.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/authentication.md @@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ HTTP Signature (currently a [IETF draft][http-signature-ietf-draft]) provides a [Djoser][djoser] library provides a set of views to handle basic actions such as registration, login, logout, password reset and account activation. The package works with a custom user model and it uses token based authentication. This is a ready to use REST implementation of Django authentication system. +## django-rest-auth + +[Django-rest-auth][django-rest-auth] library provides a set of REST API endpoints for registration, authentication (including social media authentication), password reset, retrieve and update user details, etc. By having these API endpoints, your client apps such as AngularJS, iOS, Android, and others can communicate to your Django backend site independently via REST APIs for user management. + [cite]: http://jacobian.org/writing/rest-worst-practices/ [http401]: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.2 [http403]: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.4.4 @@ -392,3 +396,4 @@ HTTP Signature (currently a [IETF draft][http-signature-ietf-draft]) provides a [mohawk]: http://mohawk.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ [mac]: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-hammer-oauth-v2-mac-token-05 [djoser]: https://github.com/sunscrapers/djoser +[django-rest-auth]: https://github.com/Tivix/django-rest-auth