from django.contribu.auth.backends import ModelBackend from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model class UsernameOrEmailBackend(ModelBackend): """ An authentication backend which will allow users to login using either their username or their email. In settings.py, add: AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = [ 'mypackage.backends.UsernameOrEmailBackend', ] """ def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None, **kwargs): UserModel = get_user_model() if username is None: username = kwargs.get(UserModel.USERNAME_FIELD) filter_field = "email" if "@" in username else UserModel.USERNAME_FIELD try: user = UserModel._default_manager.get(**{filter_field: username}) if user.check_password(password): return user except UserModel.DoesNotExist: # Run the default password hasher once to reduce the timing # difference between an existing and a non-existing user (#20760). UserModel().set_password(password)