JSON Web Token authentication for Django GraphQL.
Fantastic documentation is available at https://django-graphql-jwt.domake.io.

Installation

Install last stable version from Pypi:

pip install django-graphql-jwt

Add AuthenticationMiddleware middleware to your MIDDLEWARE settings:

MIDDLEWARE = [
    # ...
    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
    # ...
]

Add JSONWebTokenMiddleware middleware to your GRAPHENE settings:

GRAPHENE = {
    "SCHEMA": "mysite.myschema.schema",
    "MIDDLEWARE": [
        "graphql_jwt.middleware.JSONWebTokenMiddleware",
    ],
}

Add JSONWebTokenBackend backend to your AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS:

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [
    "graphql_jwt.backends.JSONWebTokenBackend",
    "django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend",
]

Schema

Add django-graphql-jwt mutations to the root schema:

import graphene
import graphql_jwt


class Mutation(graphene.ObjectType):
    token_auth = graphql_jwt.ObtainJSONWebToken.Field()
    verify_token = graphql_jwt.Verify.Field()
    refresh_token = graphql_jwt.Refresh.Field()


schema = graphene.Schema(mutation=Mutation)