Create a key by default if none is specified

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/djangorestframework/tokenauth/models.py b/djangorestframework/tokenauth/models.py
index 3b9a55bc..b5a9f7b9 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/tokenauth/models.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/tokenauth/models.py
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
+import uuid
 from django.db import models
 
 class BaseToken(models.Model):
     """
     The base abstract authorization token model class.
     """
-    key = models.CharField(max_length=32, primary_key=True)
+    key = models.CharField(max_length=32, primary_key=True, blank=True)
     user = models.ForeignKey('auth.User')
     revoked = models.BooleanField(default=False)
 
     class Meta:
         abstract=True
 
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not self.key:
+            self.key = uuid.uuid4().hex
+        return super(BaseToken, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
+
 
 class Token(BaseToken):
     """