How to use authorization token in normal views?

Question

Django

Good afternoon!
vue+django client/server application
I have a custom view that allows users to like articles.

def article_like(request):
  print(request.user)
  print(request.headers['Authorization'])
  return JsonResponse({'status': 'ok'})

The problem is that I can't get request.user even though the token is in the Authorization header.
I registered all the configs, there is such an authorization class:

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
        'rest_framework.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
    ),
}

I can get data about users via rest api using this token, but I can't access request.user. How can I do that? Or do you need to send data about username from the front and get the user object through it? Thanks for the answer.

Answer 1

No way.
Standard Django methods do not and cannot know what resources third-party modules operate on (at least not without crutches).
There is only one solution here - do not reinvent the wheel and use ready-made solutions from DRF.
If you really want to use "standard" views, then use Function Based Views