{"categories":[{"label":"WWW/HTTP","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/internet-www-http"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication for Django REST Framework applications, handling token generation, validation, and request authentication.","skillfed_tags":["jwt-auth","stateless-auth"],"use_cases":["Secure a REST API with token-based authentication that doesn't require server-side session storage.","Authenticate microservices or third-party integrations using bearer tokens in the Authorization header.","Add JWT authentication to an existing Django REST Framework project with minimal configuration.","Build stateless authentication for horizontally scaled API servers without shared session backends.","Integrate token-based auth into mobile or SPA clients that need to authenticate with a Django API."],"what_it_does":"Simple JWT is a minimal authentication plugin that adds JSON Web Token support to Django REST Framework. It sits between your DRF views and incoming requests, validating bearer tokens in the Authorization header and attaching the authenticated user to the request object. The package handles token issuance on login and validation on each request, integrating directly into DRF's authentication and permission system.\n\nIt depends on django, djangorestframework, and pyjwt to handle the cryptographic signing and verification. The package is designed for stateless API authentication\u2014tokens are self-contained and don't require server-side session storage. Once configured, protected views work like any other DRF permission class.","worth_installing":"Yes. This is a production-stable, actively maintained package with no known vulnerabilities, low install friction, and a permissive MIT license. It is the standard JWT authentication choice for Django REST Framework and is widely used in the ecosystem. Install it if you need token-based authentication for a DRF API."},"id":"djangorestframework-simplejwt","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/djangorestframework-simplejwt","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/djangorestframework-simplejwt.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/djangorestframework-simplejwt/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2025-07-21","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"djangorestframework-simplejwt","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"A minimal JSON Web Token authentication plugin for Django REST Framework"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":8316327,"position":1635,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"5.5.1"}