from django.contrib.auth.models import User class EmailOrUsernameModelBackend(object): def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None): if "@" in username: kwargs = {"email": username} else: kwargs = {"username": username} try: user = User.objects.get(**kwargs) if user.check_password(password): return user except User.DoesNotExist: return None def get_user(self, user_id): try: return User.objects.get(pk=user_id) except User.DoesNotExist: return None