2 files changed, 9 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/authtoken/serializers.py b/rest_framework/authtoken/serializers.py
index c2c456de..f31dded1 100644
--- a/rest_framework/authtoken/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/authtoken/serializers.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from django.contrib.auth import authenticate
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
-from rest_framework import serializers
+from rest_framework import exceptions, serializers
 
 
 class AuthTokenSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ class AuthTokenSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
             if user:
                 if not user.is_active:
                     msg = _('User account is disabled.')
-                    raise serializers.ValidationError(msg)
+                    raise exceptions.ValidationError(msg)
             else:
                 msg = _('Unable to log in with provided credentials.')
-                raise serializers.ValidationError(msg)
+                raise exceptions.ValidationError(msg)
         else:
             msg = _('Must include "username" and "password"')
-            raise serializers.ValidationError(msg)
+            raise exceptions.ValidationError(msg)
 
         attrs['user'] = user
         return attrs
diff --git a/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py b/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
index 94e6f061..b75c2e25 100644
--- a/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
+++ b/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
-from rest_framework import status
 from rest_framework import parsers
 from rest_framework import renderers
 from rest_framework.response import Response
@@ -12,16 +11,13 @@ class ObtainAuthToken(APIView):
     permission_classes = ()
     parser_classes = (parsers.FormParser, parsers.MultiPartParser, parsers.JSONParser,)
     renderer_classes = (renderers.JSONRenderer,)
-    serializer_class = AuthTokenSerializer
-    model = Token
 
     def post(self, request):
-        serializer = self.serializer_class(data=request.DATA)
-        if serializer.is_valid():
-            user = serializer.validated_data['user']
-            token, created = Token.objects.get_or_create(user=user)
-            return Response({'token': token.key})
-        return Response(serializer.errors, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+        serializer = AuthTokenSerializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        user = serializer.validated_data['user']
+        token, created = Token.objects.get_or_create(user=user)
+        return Response({'token': token.key})
 
 
 obtain_auth_token = ObtainAuthToken.as_view()