from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model from users.models import User class CaseInsensitiveModelBackend(ModelBackend): def authenticate(self, username=None, password=None, **kwargs): UserModel = get_user_model() if username is None: username = kwargs.get(UserModel.USERNAME_FIELD) try: d = {'%s__iexact'%UserModel.USERNAME_FIELD: username} user = UserModel.objects.get(**d) if user.check_password(password): return user except UserModel.DoesNotExist: # Run the default password hasher once to reduce the timing # difference between an existing and a non-existing user (#20760). UserModel().set_password(password) return None