🛡️ AuthAPI — Django REST Authentication with Djoser

This project sets up a user authentication system using Django, Django REST Framework, and Djoser for token-based authentication and password reset functionality.

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🚀 Features (In Progress)

• ✅ User Signup
• ✅ User Login with Token Authentication
• ✅ User Logout
• ✅ Password Reset via Email (Console backend)
• 🔄 Email-based password reset confirmation via UID and token
• 🔒 Secure password hashing and write-only password field
• 📦 Djoser integrated for standardized auth endpoints

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⚙️ Setup Instructions

1. Clone the repo

https://github.com/kihuni/authAPP-API.git
cd authapi

2. Create virtual environment & install dependencies

python -m venv env
source env/bin/activate  # On Windows: env\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

3 Install requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run migrations

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

5. Run the server

python manage.py runserver

🔐 Authentication Endpoints

Endpoint	Method	Description
/signup/	POST	Custom user registration
/login/	POST	Custom user login (token)
/logout/	POST	Custom user logout (token delete)
auth/users/reset_password/	POST	Request password reset
/auth/users/reset_password/confirm/	POST	Reset password using token+uid

🧪 Testing Password Reset (Console)

1. Send a POST to auth/users/reset_password/ with your email.

2. Check the terminal for the reset link.

3. Extract uid and token from the link.

4. Send a POST to /auth/users/reset_password/ for example with:

{
    "email": "stephenkihuni55@gmail.com"
}

📬 Email Configuration (Dev)

In settings.py:

EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend'

🔧 Tech Stack

• Django

• Django REST Framework

• Djoser

• SQLite (default for dev)