from django.contrib.auth.models import User from django.contrib.auth.backends import BaseBackend class EmailBackend(BaseBackend): """ Email authentication backend """ def authenticate(self, request, username=None, password=None, **kwargs): """ Authenticate a user based on email address as the user name. """ if "@" in username: kwargs = {"email": username} else: kwargs = {"username": username} try: user = User.objects.get(**kwargs) if user.check_password(password): return user except User.DoesNotExist: return None def get_user(self, user_id): try: return User.objects.get(pk=user_id) except User.DoesNotExist: return None # Future re-implementation with token for auto login class TokenBackend(BaseBackend): def authenticate(self, request, token=None): pass