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## Setting the authentication scheme
-The default authentication schemes may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION` setting. For example.
+The default authentication schemes may be set globally, using the `DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES` setting. For example.
REST_FRAMEWORK = {
'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ To use the `TokenAuthentication` scheme you'll need to [configure the authentica
'rest_framework.authtoken'
)
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**Note:** Make sure to run `manage.py syncdb` after changing your settings. The `rest_framework.authtoken` app provides both Django (from v1.7) and South database migrations. See [Schema migrations](#schema-migrations) below.
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If you're using an AJAX style API with SessionAuthentication, you'll need to make sure you include a valid CSRF token for any "unsafe" HTTP method calls, such as `PUT`, `PATCH`, `POST` or `DELETE` requests. See the [Django CSRF documentation][csrf-ajax] for more details.
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# Custom authentication
To implement a custom authentication scheme, subclass `BaseAuthentication` and override the `.authenticate(self, request)` method. The method should return a two-tuple of `(user, auth)` if authentication succeeds, or `None` otherwise.