An example of using Python requests to log in and post data to your Django API

using_requests_with_django.py

import requests

LOGIN_URL = "http://mydjangosite.com/accounts/login/"
ENDPOINT_URL = 'http://mydjangosite.com/myendpoint/'

'''
Create a session.
A session will automatically store the cookies that Django
sends back to you, like the csrf token and a the session id. You
could do it without the session, but then you'd have to save off the
cookies manually and remember to pass them along with subsequent
requests.
'''
client = requests.session()
client.get(LOGIN_URL)
# Django would like the csrf token passed with the data, so we do need to save it off seperately.
csrftoken = client.cookies['csrftoken']

'''
Log in.
'''
login_data = {login:"somepersonsname", password:"supergreatpassword", csrfmiddlewaretoken:csrftoken}
r1 = client.post(LOGIN_URL, data=login_data)
# For some reason, we are issued a new csrf token after logging in, so update your local copy.
csrftoken = client.cookies['csrftoken']

'''
Post some data to your login-only API endpoint.
'''
payload = {'somedata':'asdf', 'someotherdata':'1235', 'csrfmiddlewaretoken':csrftoken}
# We use client.post (not requests.post) so that we pass on the cookies that our session stored.
r2 = client.post(ENDPOINT_URL, data=payload)