TypeError when using django-graphql-jwt 0.1.5

Author: seblatCreated Jun 25, 2019Updated Jun 15, 2026

Heyo, I've installed the following packages

django = "==2.1.4"
graphene-django = "==2.2.0"
django-filter = "==2.0.0"
django-graphql-jwt = "==0.1.5"

using Python 3.6.0 as described in chapter 1

After configuring django-graphql-jwt, calling http://localhost:8000/graphql/ results in the following error:

Environment:


Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://localhost:8000/graphql/

Django Version: 2.1.4
Python Version: 3.6.0
Installed Applications:
['django.contrib.admin',
 'django.contrib.auth',
 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
 'django.contrib.sessions',
 'django.contrib.messages',
 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 'graphene_django',
 'links']
Installed Middleware:
['django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware']



Traceback:

File "/home/sebastian/.local/share/virtualenvs/howToGQL-iDK5np-y/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/exception.py" in inner
  34.             response = get_response(request)

File "/home/sebastian/.local/share/virtualenvs/howToGQL-iDK5np-y/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in _get_response
  126.                 response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)

File "/home/sebastian/.local/share/virtualenvs/howToGQL-iDK5np-y/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py" in _get_response
  124.                 response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)

File "/home/sebastian/.local/share/virtualenvs/howToGQL-iDK5np-y/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/views/decorators/csrf.py" in wrapped_view
  54.         return view_func(*args, **kwargs)

File "/home/sebastian/.local/share/virtualenvs/howToGQL-iDK5np-y/lib/python3.6/site-packages/django/views/generic/base.py" in view
  62.             self = cls(**initkwargs)

File "/home/sebastian/.local/share/virtualenvs/howToGQL-iDK5np-y/lib/python3.6/site-packages/graphene_django/views.py" in __init__
  88.             self.middleware = list(instantiate_middleware(middleware))

File "/home/sebastian/.local/share/virtualenvs/howToGQL-iDK5np-y/lib/python3.6/site-packages/graphene_django/views.py" in instantiate_middleware
  48.             yield middleware()

Exception Type: TypeError at /graphql/
Exception Value: __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'get_response'

I was able to fix this by updating django-graphql-jwt to version 0.2.1

Source: howtographql/howtographql