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Testing IIIF Authentication API 2.0

Overview I had the opportunity to test the IIIF Authentication API 2.0, so here are my notes. https://iiif.io/api/auth/2.0/ I created the following demo site. https://iiif-auth-nextjs.vercel.app/ja The repository is available here. https://github.com/nakamura196/iiif-auth-nextjs The following explanation is AI-generated. Note that I was unable to get it working with Mirador, which remains a future task. Overview This article explains the authentication flow of IIIF Authentication API 2.0 in detail at the HTTP request/response level. We will trace what requests are sent and what responses are returned at each step. ...

July 25, 2025 · Updated: July 25, 2025 · 5 min · Nakamura

Trying the Drupal JSON Web Token Authentication Module

Overview I will try the Drupal JSON Web Token Authentication module. https://www.drupal.org/project/jwt I referenced the following page. https://preston.so/writing/decoupled-drupal-authentication-with-json-web-tokens/ Note that the following is a similar module. https://www.drupal.org/project/rest_api_authentication JWT authentication using the above module is described here. https://www.drupal.org/docs/contributed-modules/api-authentication/jwt-authentication However, as described in the following article, it appears that using JWT authentication with the above module requires a paid plan. Therefore, this time I will try the jwt module instead. Installation and Activation jwt module ...

December 31, 2023 · Updated: December 31, 2023 · 4 min · Nakamura

Investigation of the Drupal REST & JSON API Authentication Module

Overview I will try JWT authentication, referencing the following article. https://www.drupal.org/docs/contributed-modules/api-authentication/jwt-authentication However, after trying it, it appeared that a paid plan subscription was required to use JWT authentication, and the investigation stopped there. Prerequisite: Download and Installation Install and enable the following two modules. https://www.drupal.org/project/rest_api_authentication https://www.drupal.org/project/restui composer.phar require 'drupal/rest_api_authentication:^2.0' composer.phar require 'drupal/restui:^1.21' vendor/bin/drush en rest_api_authentication Steps to Configure JWT-Based API Authentication Follow the instructions below to enable the API and set up JWT-based API authentication. ...

December 31, 2023 · Updated: December 31, 2023 · 1 min · Nakamura

Using JWT in Django (djangorestframework-simplejwt)

Overview I wanted to use JWT with Django, so I tried djangorestframework-jwt. https://github.com/jpadilla/django-rest-framework-jwt I followed the instructions on the following site. https://dev-yakuza.posstree.com/django/jwt/ However, when I added 'rest_framework_jwt.authentication.JSONWebTokenAuthentication', the following error occurred. ImportError: cannot import name 'smart_text' from 'django.utils.encoding' Upon investigation, I found the following article. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72102911/could-not-import-rest-framework-jwt-authentication-jsonwebtokenauthentication It suggested using djangorestframework-simplejwt instead. https://github.com/jazzband/djangorestframework-simplejwt Below are my notes on how to use it. djangorestframework-simplejwt I was able to verify its operation by following the page below. ...

June 17, 2023 · Updated: June 17, 2023 · 1 min · Nakamura