Simple JWT Usage

Question

I have my Django backend authentication working (tested using curl and postman), but something eludes me. When sending test requests, the docs show username and password data being sent:

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/JSON" \
  -d '{"username": "davidattenborough", "password": "boatymcboatface"}' \
  http://localhost:8000/api/token/

But, if I try to send an email and password instead, the response says that the username is a required field. Where and how can I change that behavior?

Thanks!

customUser model:

class CustomUser(AbstractUser):
    pass

Answer 1

I think you define the two fields when you create your custom user model by inheriting from the AbstractUser model.

class CustomUser(AbstractUser):
    USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
    REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['email']