Django Mailauth

Mailauth is a Django authentication app to replace the default username-based authentication with an email-based authentication.

Note: Mailauth should installed & setup before any migration is created.

Quick start

0. Install the django-mailauth authentication using pip from PyPi:

   pip install django-mailauth
   

1. Add "mailauth" to your INSTALLED_APPS setting like this:

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
     ...
     'mailauth',
   ]
   

2. Replace your default "User" model with with Mailauth's custom user model In your settings.py module, add or update the following line:

   AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'mailauth.User'
   

3. Run python manage.py makemigrations to create your first migrations.

4. Run python manage.py migrate to apply the changes to your database tables.

5. Start the development server and visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ to add new users (you'll need the Admin app enabled).