What is the purpose of model Token in the admin section? - django

Question

I am fairly new to the rest api. I am trying to use dj-rest-auth package with simple-jwt for auth handling. Everything works fine in my project. The registration/login etc. But in my django admin site there is a model registered Token which is every time empty. What is the purpose of this model Token? How tokens are managed with dj-rest-auth and simple jwt package ?
settings.py
installed_apps= [
..
'rest_framework',
'rest_framework.authtoken',
'dj_rest_auth',
'django.contrib.sites',
'allauth',
'allauth.account',
'allauth.socialaccount',
'dj_rest_auth.registration',
REST_FRAMEWORK = {
'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
'rest_framework_simplejwt.authentication.JWTAuthentication',
)
}
REST_USE_JWT = True
SIMPLE_JWT = {
'ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(minutes=5),
'REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME': timedelta(days=7),
}
ACCOUNT_EMAIL_REQUIRED = True
ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = "mandatory"
ACCOUNT_EMAIL_CONFIRMATION_EXPIRE_DAYS = 1
ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD = "username"
ACCOUNT_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS_LIMIT = None
urls.py
path('user/', include('dj_rest_auth.urls')),
path('user/register/', include('dj_rest_auth.registration.urls')),
path('confirm/email/', CustomVerifyEmailView.as_view(), name='account_email_verification_sent'),

Answer 1

You have Token model in admin because you added rest_framework.authtoken to your installed apps. This model is for basic token (stored in db) authentication: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/authentication/#tokenauthentication
JWT (JSON Web Tokens) tokens are stateless and are not stored in db. If you want to read more about JWT I recommend: https://jwt.io/introduction