Django: Rest Framework authenticate header

Question

Using Django REST API, I\'m trying to authenticate my request.

This is what I\'m trying to send:

Content-Type: application/json, Authentication: toke         


        

Answer 1

Just in case anyone else comes across this error. This can also happen if you are running Django on Apache using mod_wsgi because the authorization header is stripped out by mod_wsgi. You'll need to add the following to your VirtualHost configuration:

WSGIPassAuthorization On