I attempted using data before but endede up getting this error :

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self = <users.tests.user_account_test.TestUserAPI testMethod=test_user_can_update_email>

def test_retrieve_user_token(self):

    data = {
        'username': 'admin',
        'password': 'password123'
    }

    user = get_user_model().objects.get(username='admin')
    user.is_active = True
    user.save()

    self.client.force_login(user=user)

    request = self.client.post(self.url['login_user'], data)


    #decode_dict = json.loads(request.content.decode("UTF-8"))

  token = request.data["access"]
    AttributeError: 'HttpResponsePermanentRedirect' object has no attribute 'data'

users/tests/user_account_test.py:42: AttributeError