from django.contrib.auth import authenticate from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _ from rest_framework import serializers class AuthTokenSerializer(serializers.Serializer): username = serializers.CharField(label=_("Username")) password = serializers.CharField( label=_("Password"), style={'input_type': 'password'}, trim_whitespace=False ) def validate(self, attrs): username = attrs.get('username') password = attrs.get('password') if username and password: user = authenticate(request=self.context.get('request'), username=username, password=password) # The authenticate call simply returns None for is_active=False # users. (Assuming the default ModelBackend authentication # backend.) if not user: msg = _('Unable to log in with provided credentials.') raise serializers.ValidationError(msg, code='authorization') else: msg = _('Must include "username" and "password".') raise serializers.ValidationError(msg, code='authorization') attrs['user'] = user return attrs