How to Retrieve User ID from Token in Django: A Step-by-Step Guide

In this video, we’ll explore a crucial aspect of working with Django: retrieving a user ID from a token. Whether you're building an API or managing user authentication, understanding how to extract user information from tokens is essential for secure and efficient application development. Join us as we walk through a step-by-step guide that simplifies this process, ensuring you can implement it seamlessly in your projects. Today's Topic: How to Retrieve User ID from Token in Django: A Step-by-Step Guide Thanks for taking the time to learn more. In this video I'll go through your question, provide various answers & hopefully this will lead to your solution! Remember to always stay just a little bit crazy like me, and get through to the end resolution. Don't forget at any stage just hit pause on the video if the question & answers are going too fast. Content (except music & images) licensed under CC BY-SA meta.stackexchange.com/help/licensing Just wanted to thank those users featured in this video: user7304253 (No Longer Available Vishal Mopari (https://stackoverflow.com/users/4411713/vishal-mopari) Sadan A. (https://stackoverflow.com/users/5084737/sadan-a) wecoon (https://stackoverflow.com/users/9262446/wecoon) Trademarks are property of their respective owners. Disclaimer: All information is provided "AS IS" without warranty of any kind. You are responsible for your own actions. Please contact me if anything is amiss. I hope you have a wonderful day. Related to: #django, #userid, #token, #retrieveuserid, #step-by-stepguide, #djangotutorial, #djangoauthentication, #djangorestframework, #apitoken, #userauthentication, #djangodevelopment, #webdevelopment, #programmingtutorial, #backenddevelopment, #python, #djangobestpractices, #usermanagement, #token-basedauthentication, #djangosecurity, #codingtutorial