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Django Authentication using an Email Address
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# refered from http://www.micahcarrick.com/django-email-authentication.html | |
# need to settings.py like this, | |
# AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ('backends.EmailAuthBackend',) | |
from django.contrib.auth.models import User, check_password | |
class EmailAuthBackend(object): | |
""" | |
Email Authentication Backend | |
Allows a user to sign in using an email/password pair rather than | |
a username/password pair. | |
""" | |
def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None): | |
""" Authenticate a user based on email address as the user name. """ | |
try: | |
user = User.objects.get(email=username) | |
if user.check_password(password): | |
return user | |
except User.DoesNotExist: | |
return None | |
def get_user(self, user_id): | |
""" Get a User object from the user_id. """ | |
try: | |
return User.objects.get(pk=user_id) | |
except User.DoesNotExist: | |
return None |
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