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

Assuming you have blocked/forbidden against the username having an @, and you want to use the django User model.

if request.method == 'POST':
    form = LoginForm(request.POST)
    if form.is_valid():
        cd=form.cleaned_data
        if '@' in cd['username']:
            username=User.objects.get(email=cd['username']).username
        else:
            username=cd['username']

        user = authenticate(username=username,
                                password=cd['password'])

        if user is not None and user.is_active:
            login(request,user)
            return redirect('loggedin')
        else:
            return render(request, 'login.html')