diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
index f06fb29ee..98503257a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/base_controller.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,24 @@ class Api::V1::BaseController < ApplicationController
 
   protected
 
+  # For this example, we are simply using token authentication
+  # via parameters. However, anyone could use Rails's token
+  # authentication features to get the token from a header.
+  def authenticate_user!
+    user_token = params[:user_token].presence
+    user       = user_token && User.find_by_authentication_token(user_token.to_s)
+ 
+    if user
+      # Notice we are passing store false, so the user is not
+      # actually stored in the session and a token is needed
+      # for every request. If you want the token to work as a
+      # sign in token, you can simply remove store: false.
+      sign_in user, store: false
+    else
+      super
+    end
+  end
+
   def set_csv_file_headers(file_name)
     headers['Content-Type'] = 'text/csv'
     headers['Content-disposition'] = "attachment; filename=\"#{file_name}.csv\""
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/token_authenticatable.rb b/app/models/concerns/token_authenticatable.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54bba7fdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/concerns/token_authenticatable.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+module TokenAuthenticatable
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  module ClassMethods
+    def find_by_authentication_token(authentication_token = nil)
+      if authentication_token
+        where(authentication_token: authentication_token).first
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def ensure_authentication_token
+    if authentication_token.blank?
+      self.authentication_token = generate_authentication_token
+    end
+  end
+
+  def reset_authentication_token!
+    self.authentication_token = generate_authentication_token
+    save
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def generate_authentication_token
+    loop do
+      token = Devise.friendly_token
+      break token unless self.class.unscoped.where(authentication_token: token).first
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 1a2ddf08c..3e84c89ec 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ class User < Avatar
   include ActsLikeMember
   include Feed::User
   include EventLoggable
+  include TokenAuthenticatable
 
   ROLES = ['', 'admin', 'banned', 'tester']
   EXTENDED_ROLES = ROLES | ['system']
@@ -160,12 +161,6 @@ class User < Avatar
     end
   end
 
-  def ensure_authentication_token
-    if authentication_token.blank?
-      self.authentication_token = generate_authentication_token
-    end
-  end
-
   protected
 
   def target_roles target
@@ -182,11 +177,4 @@ class User < Avatar
     roles.map(&:role).uniq
   end
 
-  def generate_authentication_token
-    loop do
-      token = Devise.friendly_token
-      break token unless User.where(authentication_token: token).first
-    end
-  end
-
 end