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Pull Request Overview
This PR introduces a comprehensive user authentication system to the Django backend, implementing JWT-based authentication with custom user models and API endpoints for frontend integration.
- Implements a custom User model with UUID primary key, unique email, and identity field (teacher/admin/student)
- Adds JWT-based authentication with registration, login, profile retrieval, and token refresh endpoints
- Includes comprehensive API documentation for frontend developers
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| user/models.py | Defines custom User and UserProfile models with UUID primary key and identity fields |
| user/views.py | Implements API views for user registration and profile retrieval |
| user/serializers.py | Creates serializers for registration and user profile data handling |
| user/urls.py | Configures URL patterns for authentication endpoints |
| user/signals.py | Implements signal to auto-create user profiles |
| user/admin.py | Customizes Django admin interface for User and UserProfile management |
| back_end/settings.py | Configures JWT authentication and custom user model |
| back_end/urls.py | Includes user authentication URLs and media file serving |
| docs/frontend.MD | Provides comprehensive API documentation for frontend developers |
| README.md | Updates documentation links for backend and frontend developers |
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| urlpatterns = [ | ||
| path('signup/', RegisterView.as_view(), name='register'), | ||
| path('session/', TokenObtainPairView.as_view(), name='token_obtain_pair'), | ||
| path('refresh/', TokenRefreshView.as_view(), name='token_refresh'), |
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The refresh endpoint URL is inconsistent with the documentation. The URL pattern uses 'refresh/' but the documentation references '/auth/refresh' (without trailing slash). Consider adding a trailing slash for consistency.
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| path('refresh/', TokenRefreshView.as_view(), name='token_refresh'), | |
| path('auth/refresh/', TokenRefreshView.as_view(), name='token_refresh'), |
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This pull request introduces a custom user model and profile system, integrates JWT-based authentication, and adds API endpoints for user registration, login, profile retrieval, and token refresh. It also updates admin management and documentation to support these changes, ensuring both backend and frontend developers have clear guidance.
Authentication and User Model Integration
Usermodel with UUID primary key, unique email, real name, and identity field (student/teacher/admin), along with a relatedUserProfilemodel for additional user info such asstudent_id,bio, and avatar. [1] [2]AUTH_USER_MODEL), enabled JWT authentication withrest_framework_simplejwt, and set up media file handling for avatar uploads. [1] [2]API Endpoints and Serializers
/auth/signup/), login (/auth/session/), token refresh (/auth/refresh), and profile retrieval (/auth/me), with corresponding serializers for input validation and response formatting. [1] [2] [3]Admin and Signals
UserandUserProfile, and implemented a signal to automatically create a profile when a user is registered. [1] [2] [3]Documentation Updates
docs/frontend.MD) detailing authentication endpoints, request/response formats, error messages, and usage examples for frontend integration.README.mdto clarify documentation for backend and frontend developers.