Django Authentication Backends Email Authentication Backend
Example
Django's default authentication works on username and password fields. Email authentication backend will authenticate users based on email and password.
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
class EmailBackend(object):
"""
Custom Email Backend to perform authentication via email
"""
def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
user_model = get_user_model()
try:
user = user_model.objects.get(email=username)
if user.check_password(password): # check valid password
return user # return user to be authenticated
except user_model.DoesNotExist: # no matching user exists
return None
def get_user(self, user_id):
user_model = get_user_model()
try:
return user_model.objects.get(pk=user_id)
except user_model.DoesNotExist:
return None
Add this authentication backend to the AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS setting.
# settings.py
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
'my_app.backends.EmailBackend',
...
)
