The error

When you use the ObtainAuthToken to create an authentication token using rest framework you can get the following error (scroll down for solution):

Error Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/project/user/tests/test_user_api.py", line 76, in test_create_token_for_user res = self.client.post(reverse('user:token'), payload) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rest_framework/test.py", line 294, in post path, data=data, format=format, content_type=content_type, extra) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rest_framework/test.py", line 207, in post return self.generic('POST', path, data, content_type, extra) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rest_framework/test.py", line 232, in generic method, path, data, content_type, secure, extra) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/test/client.py", line 421, in generic return self.request(r) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rest_framework/test.py", line 283, in request return super().request(kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rest_framework/test.py", line 235, in request request = super().request(kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/test/client.py", line 496, in request raise exc_value File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py", line 34, in inner response = get_response(request) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 115, in _get_response response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 113, in _get_response response = wrapped_callback(request, callback_args, callback_kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/views/decorators/csrf.py", line 54, in wrapped_view return view_func(args, kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py", line 71, in view return self.dispatch(request, *args, kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rest_framework/views.py", line 505, in dispatch response = self.handle_exception(exc) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rest_framework/views.py", line 465, in handle_exception self.raise_uncaught_exception(exc) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rest_framework/views.py", line 476, in raise_uncaught_exception raise exc File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rest_framework/views.py", line 502, in dispatch response = handler(request, args, *kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.7/site-packages/rest_framework/authtoken/views.py", line 46, in post token, created = Token.objects.get_or_create(user=user) AttributeError: type object 'Token' has no attribute 'objects' eval(ez_write_tag([[250,250],'tutorials_technology-medrectangle-3','ezslot_1',114,'0','0'])); Solution ========

Add 'rest_framework.authtoken' to INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py configuration file.