from django.contrib.auth.backends import BaseBackend from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model class EmailOrUsernameModelBackend(BaseBackend): def authenticate(self, request, username=None, password=None, **kwargs): print('custom backend used') UserModel = get_user_model() if '@' in username: # If "@" is present, treat it as an email address try: user = UserModel.objects.get(email=username) except UserModel.DoesNotExist: return None else: # Otherwise, treat it as a username user = UserModel.objects.filter(username=username).first() if user and user.check_password(password): return user return None def get_user(self, user_id): UserModel = get_user_model() try: return UserModel.objects.get(pk=user_id) except UserModel.DoesNotExist: return None