from django.contrib.auth.models import User from django.core.validators import email_re class BasicBackend: def get_user(self, user_id): try: return User.objects.get(pk=user_id) except User.DoesNotExist: return None class EmailBackend(BasicBackend): def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None): #If username is an email address, then try to pull it up if email_re.search(username): try: user = User.objects.get(email=username) except User.DoesNotExist: return None else: #We have a non-email address username we should try username try: user = User.objects.get(username=username) except User.DoesNotExist: return None if user.check_password(password): return user