datatracker/ietf/ietfauth/backends.py
Robert Sparks c38ade6e1b
feat: treat django auth username as case insensitive throughout the datatracker (#5165)
* feat: insensitive username matching at django authentication

* feat: use iexact when using the User object manager

* fix: more places to ignore username case

* fix: remove unused management command

* fix: avoid get when probing for object existance

* fix: force lowercase new usernames in secr/rolodex

* fix: use explicit arguments when creating user
2023-02-21 10:01:03 -06:00

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# From https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2017/02/06/how-to-implement-case-insensitive-username.html
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend
class CaseInsensitiveModelBackend(ModelBackend):
def authenticate(self, request, username=None, password=None, **kwargs):
UserModel = get_user_model()
if username is None:
username = kwargs.get(UserModel.USERNAME_FIELD)
try:
case_insensitive_username_field = '{}__iexact'.format(UserModel.USERNAME_FIELD)
user = UserModel._default_manager.get(**{case_insensitive_username_field: username})
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)
else:
if user.check_password(password) and self.user_can_authenticate(user):
return user