def login_using_email(request, email): '''DONT EVER USE this method for normal purposes. This is only there, for debugging specific problems related to users''' from django.contrib.auth import get_backends backend = get_backends()[0] from django.contrib.auth.models import User user = User.objects.get(email=email) user.backend = "%s.%s" % (backend.__module__, backend.__class__.__name__) from django.contrib.auth import login as django_login django_login(request, user) #set_any_extra_session_variables(request)