from django.contrib.auth import authenticate from rest_framework import 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: raise serializers.ValidationError('User account is disabled.') attrs['user'] = user return attrs else: raise serializers.ValidationError('Unable to login with provided credentials.') else: raise serializers.ValidationError('Must include "username" and "password"')