from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model class EmailAuthBackend(ModelBackend): def authenticate(self, request, username=None, password=None, **kwargs): try: user = get_user_model().objects.get(email=username) if user.check_password(password): return user return None except get_user_model().DoesNotExist: return None def get_user(self, user_id): try: return get_user_model().objects.get(pk=user_id) except get_user_model().DoesNotExist: return None