# Refactoring APITokenView

* refactors API Token view
* updates tests

user/views/api_token.py

@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ Created on: 08.01.25
 
 """
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.shortcuts import render
-from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.views import View
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ from konova.contexts import BaseContext
 from konova.decorators import default_group_required
 from konova.sub_settings.context_settings import TAB_TITLE_IDENTIFIER
 from konova.utils.message_templates import NEW_API_TOKEN_GENERATED
+from konova.views.base import BaseModalFormView
 from user.forms.modals.api_token import NewAPITokenModalForm
+from user.models import User
 
 
 class APITokenView(View):
@@ -36,22 +38,16 @@ class APITokenView(View):
         context = BaseContext(request, context).context
         return render(request, template, context)
 
+class NewAPITokenView(LoginRequiredMixin, BaseModalFormView):
+    _MODEL_CLS = User
+    _FORM_CLS = NewAPITokenModalForm
+    _MSG_SUCCESS = NEW_API_TOKEN_GENERATED
+    _REDIRECT_URL = "user:api-token"
 
-def new_api_token_view(request: HttpRequest):
-    """ Function based view for processing ModalForm
-    (Currently ModalForms only work properly with function based views)
+    def _user_has_shared_access(self, user, **kwargs):
+        # No special checks to be done in here
+        return True
 
-    Args:
-        request ():
-
-    Returns:
-
-    """
-    user = request.user
-
-    form = NewAPITokenModalForm(request.POST or None, instance=user, request=request)
-    return form.process_request(
-        request=request,
-        msg_success=NEW_API_TOKEN_GENERATED,
-        redirect_url=reverse("user:api-token"),
-    )
+    def _user_has_permission(self, user, **kwargs):
+        # User should at least be a default user to be able to use the api
+        return user.is_default_user()