Log in user using either email address or username in Django

Question

I am trying to create an auth backend to allow my users to log in using either their email address or their username in Django 1.6 with a custom user model. The backend work

Answer 1

I know this is already answered, however I have found a real neat way to implement login with both e-mail and username using the Django auth views. I did not see anyone use this type of method so I thought I'd share it for simplicity's sake.

from django.contrib.auth.models import User


class EmailAuthBackend():
    def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None):
        try:
            user = User.objects.get(email=username)
            if user.check_password(raw_password=password):
                return user
            return None
        except User.DoesNotExist:
            return None

    def get_user(self, user_id):
        try:
            return User.objects.get(pk=user_id)
        except User.DoesNotExist:
            return None

Then in your settings.py add this

AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
    'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
    'myapp.authentication.EmailAuthBackend',
)