.. index:: pair: JWT; simpleisbetter .. _simpleisbetter_how_to_jwt: ======================================================================== How to Use JWT Authentication with Django REST Framework ======================================================================== .. seealso:: - https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2018/12/19/how-to-use-jwt-authentication-with-django-rest-framework.html - :ref:`simpleisbetter_how_to_token` .. contents:: :depth: 3 Introduction ============== JWT stand for JSON Web Token and it is an authentication strategy used by client/server applications where the client is a Web application using JavaScript and some frontend framework like Angular, React or VueJS.