REST APIs with Django REST Framework

Authentication & Permissions

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Authentication vs Authorization

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IN THIS LESSON

YOU’RE LEARNING TO

↗learner can distinguish between authentication and authorization in DRF

↗learner can configure Session, Token, and JWT (simplejwt) authentication

↗learner can apply built-in permission classes (IsAuthenticated, IsAdminUser, AllowAny)

↗learner can write a custom permission class

↗learner can configure throttling to rate-limit endpoints

↗learner can apply auth and permission at the view level vs globally