How to get the currently logged in user in django restframework?

Using Django Forms & APIs
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I am trying to get the currently logged in user using django restframework and i have written a simple APIView to do this, but when i access the api_view it shows {"detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided."}, how do i provide the authentication credentials?

How do i provide the authentication details, login and see the user information maybe (username and email)

class MyProfileView(APIView):
    permission_classes = [permissions.IsAuthenticated]

    def get(self, request):
        user = User.objects.get(request.user)
        return Response(user.data)
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Are you including the token with this request? (Token-based authentication requires the token be sent with every request requiring authentication. It does not cause a session to be established.)

You might want to review the docs at Authentication - Django REST framework.

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I am using postman and i can’t figure out how to inlcude the token with the request?
can you please help me out here?

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The header value you need to set is described in the docs for Token Authentication.

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That did it for me, thanks alot.