A plug-and-play Django app that adds trusted device management to your API authentication system using djangorestframework-simplejwt. Automatically associates tokens with user devices, tracks login locations, and enables per-device control over access and session management.

• 🔑 JWT tokens include a unique device_uid
• 🌍 Auto-detect IP, region, and city via ipapi.co
• 🛡️ Per-device session tracking with update/delete restrictions
• 🔄 Custom TokenObtainPair, TokenRefresh, and TokenVerify views
• 🚪 Logout unwanted sessions from the device list
• 🧼 Automatic cleanup, optional global control rules
• 🧩 API-ready – supports DRF out of the box
• ⚙️ Fully customizable via TRUSTED_DEVICE Django settings
• 🚫 Rejects refresh/verify from unknown or expired devices

pip install django-trusted-device

Add to your INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    ...
    'trusted_devices',
    'rest_framework_simplejwt.token_blacklist',
]

Run migrations:

python manage.py migrate

Customize behavior in settings.py:

TRUSTED_DEVICE = {
    "DELETE_DELAY_MINUTES": 60 * 24 * 7,  # 7 days
    "UPDATE_DELAY_MINUTES": 60,           # 1 hour
    "ALLOW_GLOBAL_DELETE": True,
    "ALLOW_GLOBAL_UPDATE": True,
}

Replace default SimpleJWT serializers with TrustedDevice serializers.:

from datetime import timedelta

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': (
        'trusted_devices.authentication.TrustedDeviceAuthentication',
    ),
}

SIMPLE_JWT = {
    "ACCESS_TOKEN_LIFETIME": timedelta(minutes=60),
    "REFRESH_TOKEN_LIFETIME": timedelta(days=30),
    "AUTH_HEADER_TYPES": ("Bearer",),
    "TOKEN_OBTAIN_SERIALIZER": 'trusted_devices.serializers.TrustedDeviceTokenObtainPairSerializer',
    "TOKEN_REFRESH_SERIALIZER": 'trusted_devices.serializers.TrustedDeviceTokenRefreshSerializer',
    "TOKEN_VERIFY_SERIALIZER": 'trusted_devices.serializers.TrustedDeviceTokenVerifySerializer',
}

Replace the default SimpleJWT views with:

from trusted_devices.views import (
    TrustedDeviceTokenObtainPairView,
    TrustedDeviceTokenRefreshView,
    TrustedDeviceTokenVerifyView,
)

urlpatterns = [
    path('api/token/', TrustedDeviceTokenObtainPairView.as_view(), name='token_obtain_pair'),
    path('api/token/refresh/', TrustedDeviceTokenRefreshView.as_view(), name='token_refresh'),
    path('api/token/verify/', TrustedDeviceTokenVerifyView.as_view(), name='token_verify'),
]

Use the provided TrustedDeviceViewSet:

from trusted_devices.views import TrustedDeviceViewSet

router.register(r'trusted-devices', TrustedDeviceViewSet, basename='trusted-device')

Endpoints:

• GET /trusted-devices — List all trusted devices
• DELETE /trusted-devices/{device_uid} — Delete a device
• PATCH /trusted-devices/{device_uid} — Update device permissions

Each trusted device includes:

• device_uid: Unique UUID
• user_agent: Browser or device string
• ip_address: IP address
• country, region, city: Geolocation (via ipapi.co)
• last_seen, created_at: Timestamps
• can_delete_other_devices, can_update_other_devices: Optional privileges

1. During login, a device_uid is generated and embedded in the token.
2. Clients use that token (with device_uid) for refresh/verify.
3. Each request is linked to a known device.
4. Users can manage or restrict their devices via API or Admin.

# 🧩 Create and activate a uv-managed virtual environment
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

# 📦 Install the package in editable mode with dev extras
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

# 🧪 Run the test suite
pytest

• Django
• Django REST Framework
• djangorestframework-simplejwt
• ipapi.co (for IP geolocation)

We love community contributions! To collaborate:

1. Fork the repo and create a feature branch:

   git checkout -b feature/my-amazing-idea

2. Follow code style – run:

   make lint  # runs flake8, isort, black

3. Write & run tests:

   pytest

4. Commit with clear messages and open a Pull Request. GitHub Actions will lint + test your branch automatically.

• 💡 Questions / ideas → GitHub Discussions
• 🐛 Bugs / feature requests → GitHub Issues

• PRs require at least one approval and passing CI
• We squash‑merge to keep history clean
• Follows Semantic Versioning (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH), tagged as vX.Y.Z

MIT

Made with ❤️ by Jahongir Ganiev Security questions or commercial support? Open an issue or email [email protected]