from django.contrib.auth import authenticate from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _ from rest_framework import exceptions, serializers class AuthTokenSerializer(serializers.Serializer): username = serializers.CharField() password = serializers.CharField() def validate(self, attrs): username = attrs.get('username') password = attrs.get('password') if username and password: user = authenticate(username=username, password=password) if user: if not user.is_active: msg = _('User account is disabled.') raise exceptions.ValidationError(msg) else: msg = _('Unable to log in with provided credentials.') raise exceptions.ValidationError(msg) else: msg = _('Must include "username" and "password".') raise exceptions.ValidationError(msg) attrs['user'] = user return attrs