If you just want to use Django Rest Framework for authentication and just want to convert a dictionary to json.

djr_simple_api_view

from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer
from rest_framework.response import Response
from rest_framework.views import APIView

class SimpleView(APIView):
    renderer_classes = (JSONRenderer,)
    permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)

    def get(self, request):
        content = {'testing': 123}
        return Response(content)