You can implement an alternative authentication backend like so:
*on your settings:*
AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
'your_app.backend.EmailBackend',
'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend'
)
*and on "your_app.backends":*
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
class EmailBackend(object):
def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
user_cls = get_user_model()
try:
user = user_cls.objects.get(email=username)
if user.check_password(password):
return user
except user_cls.DoesNotExist:
return None
except:
return None
def get_user(self, user_id):
user_cls = get_user_model()
try:
return user_cls.objects.get(pk=user_id)
except user_cls.DoesNotExist:
return None
So the app checks if the user can be authenticated via your backend and if
fails goes to the normal authentication backend.
2014-10-15 9:35 GMT+01:00 Frankline <[email protected]>:
> Hi all,
>
> Just started looking at Django 1.7. I've followed the tutorials on
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/.
>
> However, I find myself in a position where I need to login users based on
> either email or username, AND NOT just the username. I want my users to
> register using email addresses. This presents some issues with the standard
> Django user implementation since the authentication backend is still going
> to look for the username when logging in.
>
> I am keen to know how developers here implement this in their own Django
> 1.7 projects. And also what user models are preferable: AbstractUser or
> AbstractBaseUser.
>
> Any links to example tutorials will also be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Frankline
>
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