Generate token manually

[jpadilla]

Generate token manually

[jpadilla]

You should be able do something like this.

from rest_framework_jwt.settings import api_settings

jwt_payload_handler = api_settings.JWT_PAYLOAD_HANDLER
jwt_encode_handler = api_settings.JWT_ENCODE_HANDLER

payload = jwt_payload_handler(user)
token = jwt_encode_handler(payload)

[ConorMcGee]

Just wondering if you think this might belong in the docs? Or have it's own utility function? I'm using it for automatic login after registration/activation, which I think would be a pretty common use case. Great app!

[DavidMuller]

@jpadilla

Will using

payload = jwt_payload_handler(user)
token = jwt_encode_handler(payload)

skip adding'orig_iat'? That's something the JSONWebTokenSerializer does:

payload = jwt_payload_handler(user)

# Include original issued at time for a brand new token,
# to allow token refresh
if api_settings.JWT_ALLOW_REFRESH:
    payload['orig_iat'] = timegm(
        datetime.utcnow().utctimetuple()
    )

return {
    'token': jwt_encode_handler(payload)
}

[jpadilla]

@DavidMuller yup, it will skip adding 'orig_iat'. You'll only need that if you're using token refresh. If you still need it, you can do:

payload = jwt_payload_handler(user)
payload['orig_iat'] = timegm(datetime.utcnow().utctimetuple())
token = jwt_encode_handler(payload)

[jpadilla]

Closing this, since it's mostly a usage question.