How can I return user ID with token in Django?

Question

I generate tokens using default view in Django:

url(r\'^login/\', rest_auth_views.obtain_auth_token),

I have a problem because my front-end

Answer 1

I needed more than just user id with the token, so I did code to return the whole user object:

*I use custom user, so if you are using django default user, change model and serializer to default.

from users.serializers import CustomUserSerializer
from users.models import CustomUser


class CustomObtainAuthToken(ObtainAuthToken):
    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        response = super(CustomObtainAuthToken, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs)
        token = Token.objects.get(key=response.data['token'])
        user = CustomUser.objects.get(id=token.user_id)
        return Response({'token': token.key, 'user': CustomUserSerializer(user).data})

Thanks to this thread it was easy! Hope my answer will save someones time too. :)