Django REST Framework: using TokenAuthentication with browsable API

Question

I\'m following the DRF docs to setup TokenAuthentication, and can\'t get it working with the browsable API. I believe I\'ve added the proper lines in settings.py

Answer 1

You can use a browser plugin to set token in the header. I'm using Modheader which is free.

The example of setting the header:

I wrote a blog post on how this can be done: link to post.

I like this solution because you don't need to change the auth classes.