Django REST Framework API Auth is a secure API Key and Secret authentication plugin for REST API built with Django Rest Framework.

1 - Install with pip:

pip install drf-api-ath

2 - Register the app in the INSTALLED_APPS in the settings.py file:

# settings.py

INSTALLED_APPS = [
  # ...
  "rest_framework",
  "drf_api_auth",
]

4 - Run migrations:

python manage.py migrate

In your view then, you can add the authentication class.

⚠️ Important Note: By default, authentication is performed using the AUTH_USER_MODEL specified in the settings.py file.

from rest_framework import viewsets

from drf_api_auth.authentications import ApikeyAuthentication
from rest_framework.response import Response


class TestViewSets(viewsets.ViewSet):
  authentication_classes = (ApikeyAuthentication,)

  def list(self, request):
    return Response([{"message": "Ok"}], 200)

• Prevent save api_key as clear text
• Toggling (show/hide) for api_key admin field