Renamed AuthTokenView to ObtainAuthToken, added obtain_auth_token var, updated tests & docs. Left authtoken.urls in place as example.

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/authtoken/urls.py b/rest_framework/authtoken/urls.py
index 87872136..a3419da6 100644
--- a/rest_framework/authtoken/urls.py
+++ b/rest_framework/authtoken/urls.py
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 """
-Login and logout views for token authentication.
+Login view for token authentication.
 
-Add these to your root URLconf if you're using token authentication
+Add this to your root URLconf if you're using token authentication
 your API requires authentication.
 
-The urls must be namespaced as 'rest_framework', and you should make sure
-your authentication settings include `TokenAuthentication`.
+You should make sure your authentication settings include
+`TokenAuthentication`. 
 
     urlpatterns = patterns('',
         ...
-        url(r'^auth-token', include('rest_framework.authtoken.urls', namespace='rest_framework'))
+        url(r'^auth-token/', 'rest_framework.authtoken.obtain_auth_token')
     )
 """
+
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
-from rest_framework.authtoken.views import AuthTokenView
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('rest_framework.authtoken.views',
-    url(r'^login/$', AuthTokenView.as_view(), name='token_login'),
+    url(r'^login/$', 'rest_framework.authtoken.views.obtain_auth_token', name='token_login'),
 )
diff --git a/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py b/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
index e027dff1..3ac674e2 100644
--- a/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
 from rest_framework.authtoken.serializers import AuthTokenSerializer
 
-class AuthTokenView(APIView):
+class ObtainAuthToken(APIView):
     throttle_classes = ()
     permission_classes = ()
     parser_classes = (parsers.FormParser, parsers.MultiPartParser, parsers.JSONParser,)
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ class AuthTokenView(APIView):
             return Response({'token': token.key})
         return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
+
+obtain_auth_token = ObtainAuthToken.as_view()
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/authentication.py b/rest_framework/tests/authentication.py
index cb16ef1e..96ca9f52 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/authentication.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/authentication.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ MockView.authentication_classes += (TokenAuthentication,)
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
     (r'^$', MockView.as_view()),
-    (r'^auth-token/', include('rest_framework.authtoken.urls')),
+    (r'^auth-token/', 'rest_framework.authtoken.views.obtain_auth_token'),
 )