JSON Web Token authentication for Django GraphQL.
Fantastic documentation is available at https://django-graphql-jwt.domake.io.
Installation
Install last stable version from Pypi:
pip install django-graphql-jwt
Add AuthenticationMiddleware
middleware to your MIDDLEWARE settings:
MIDDLEWARE = [
# ...
"django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
# ...
]
Add JSONWebTokenMiddleware
middleware to your GRAPHENE settings:
GRAPHENE = {
"SCHEMA": "mysite.myschema.schema",
"MIDDLEWARE": [
"graphql_jwt.middleware.JSONWebTokenMiddleware",
],
}
Add JSONWebTokenBackend
backend to your AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS:
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
"graphql_jwt.backends.JSONWebTokenBackend",
"django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
]
Schema
Add django-graphql-jwt mutations to the root schema:
import graphene
import graphql_jwt
class Mutation(graphene.ObjectType):
token_auth = graphql_jwt.ObtainJSONWebToken.Field()
verify_token = graphql_jwt.Verify.Field()
refresh_token = graphql_jwt.Refresh.Field()
schema = graphene.Schema(mutation=Mutation)