old_contents: from rest_framework.authtoken.views import ObtainAuthToken
  from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
  from rest_framework.response import Response
  from django.core import serializers
  
  from api.models import *
  from api.serializers import *
  
  import datetime
  
  
  class CustomObtainAuthToken(ObtainAuthToken):
      def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
          response = super(CustomObtainAuthToken, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs)
          token = Token.objects.get(key=response.data['token'])
          first_name = str(token.user.get_short_name())
  
          team_cap = Volunteer.objects.filter(name=first_name)
  
          qs = Attendee.objects.filter(team_captain__name=team_cap)
  
          serializer = AttendeeSerializer(qs, many=True)
  
          # time = datetime.datetime.now()
  
          #TODO still need to filter by event date
  
          return Response({'token': token.key, 'first_name': first_name, 'volunteers':serializer.data})
          # TODO: temporary fix things hopefully
          #return Response({'token': token.key, 'first_name': first_name})
new_contents: from rest_framework.authtoken.views import ObtainAuthToken
  from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
  from rest_framework.response import Response
  from django.core import serializers
  
  from api.models import *
  from api.serializers import *
  
  import datetime
  
  
  class CustomObtainAuthToken(ObtainAuthToken):
      def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
          response = super(CustomObtainAuthToken, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs)
          token = Token.objects.get(key=response.data['token'])
          first_name = token.user.get_short_name()
  
          team_cap = Volunteer.objects.filter(name=first_name)
  
          qs = Attendee.objects.filter(team_captain__name=team_cap)
  
          serializer = AttendeeSerializer(qs, many=True)
  
          # time = datetime.datetime.now()
  
          #TODO still need to filter by event date
  
          return Response({'token': token.key, 'first_name': first_name, 'volunteers':serializer.data})
          # TODO: temporary fix things hopefully
          #return Response({'token': token.key, 'first_name': first_name})
subject: revert "testing explict string cast"