How to implement custom Api key authorization in your django application.

To use a custom database model as an HTTP header token, the database model itself does not automatically read request headers. In a web application framework like Django REST Framework (DRF), the configuration is split into two distinct responsibilities: 1. The Database Model: Stores and validates the API key (ideally stored as a secure hash rather than plain text). 2. The Authentication Class / Middleware: Reads incoming HTTP headers (such as Authorization: Api-Key or X-Api-Key: ), extracts the value, hashes it, and queries the database model.