Hi, you see the full example in docs https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/auth/customizing/#a-full-example
Cheers On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:52 AM, monoBOT <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAEAUGdUzZ3ytWQPpBihXOJm2vE7ZxBRhXYQ3mMwgjr2xJR4bpw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAEAUGdUzZ3ytWQPpBihXOJm2vE7ZxBRhXYQ3mMwgjr2xJR4bpw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > *monoBOT* > Visite mi sitio(Visit my site): monobotsoft.es/blog/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CA%2BxOsGA5WvSmkEKM1cPy5HhhUMQpHb4wu5rbtQxuoxBjJznjdw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CA%2BxOsGA5WvSmkEKM1cPy5HhhUMQpHb4wu5rbtQxuoxBjJznjdw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAM-7rO3MOwvqgp5HVELyObtF999teobFoUv8YZPbsKSRKoQ1-A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
