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): User = get_user_model() try: user = User.objects.get(email__iexact=username) except (User.DoesNotExist, User.MultipleObjectsReturned): return None if user.check_password(password) and self.user_can_authenticate(user): return user return None