Angular 6 / Django Rest Framework / JSON Web Token demo app

This is a demo app showing how to make API calls with Angular 6 and Django Rest Framework, including how to send authentication headers so API calls will function when logged in.

What this repo contains

The following files are interesting:

• angular_django_cors - The Django project and main settings file
• microblog - An app within the project, containing the Django Rest Framework views and URL routing
• static/ng-demo - The Angular app source code lives here
• static/dist - The compiled Angular app is here

Requirements

You need the following to run this app:

• Python 3.5 or higher (Python 2.x is not supported by Django 2.x)
• Pipenv
• Node v8.x or higher
• NPM v5.x or higher

Setup

Open a terminal at the repo root, and run the following:

pipenv install
pipenv shell
cd microblog/front-end
npm install
ng build
cd ../..
python manage.py runserver

Your app will be available at http://127.0.0.1:8000.

Database

This project uses a SQLite database, which lives in the file db.sqlite3. SQLite3 support should be available out of the box on most modern operating systems.

Logging into the app

The database included in this repository contains two users. The following are their usernames and passwords, which you may use for testing:

• admin / admin123
• user1 / example123

Questions?

If you spot an error when trying to run the demo app, please file a bug in the GitHub issue tracker.

Please do not create issues or email me asking for support for your own projects. I cannot provide support for your custom applications.