ADD custom_auth_backend.py inside your env/lib/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/custom_auth_backend.py
from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
class CustomAuthBackend(ModelBackend): def authenticate(self, request, username=None, password=None, **kwargs): User = get_user_model()
try:
user = User.objects.get(email=username)
except User.DoesNotExist:
return None
if user.check_password(password):
return user
def get_user(self, user_id):
User = get_user_model()
try:
return User.objects.get(pk=user_id)
except User.DoesNotExist:
return None