from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model User = get_user_model() class CaseInsensitiveModelBackend(ModelBackend): def authenticate(self, request, username=None, password=None, **kwargs): if username is None: username = kwargs.get(User.USERNAME_FIELD) try: user = User.objects.get(**{f'{User.USERNAME_FIELD}__iexact': username}) if user.check_password(password) and self.user_can_authenticate(user): return user except User.DoesNotExist: return None