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

You can simply have a Try block to do this.. use:

email = request.POST['username'] 
raw_password = request.POST['password'] 

   try:
        account = authenticate(username=MyUserAccount.objects.get(email=email).username,password=raw_password)
        if account is not None:
            login(request, account)
            return redirect('home')

    except:
        account = authenticate(username=email, password=raw_password)
        if account is not None:
            login(request, account)
            return redirect('home')