Please allow different user types using different models for authentication

[MuhammadWaqarAnwar]

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i have made different JWT authentications for different user models (admin and simple user). But the problem is that in settings.py the AUTH_USER_MODEL can only allow one user authentication.
Hence the problem appears where if i authenticate in admin section from admin credentials, then it doesn't allow and says invalid credentials. but if i authenticate in admin section from normal user credentials then it is allowed. because in settings.py the AUTH_USER_MODEL equals to users.User and not the other Admin User. please develop this new feature where we are allowed to have more than 1 AUTH_USER_MODELS in settings.py

[NikitaJaiswal77]

please assign this to me , i want to work on this @MuhammadWaqarAnwar

[d3corator]

@MuhammadWaqarAnwar This is not a DRF limitation but a Django restriction. Django’s AUTH_USER_MODEL can only point to one user model, as it’s deeply integrated with the authentication system. To support multiple user models, you can use custom authentication backends or handle different user types (e.g., admin vs. regular users) within a single model or via separate views.
This could help: https://stackoverflow.com/a/65842734/5082800

[Einswilli]

You can also use separate models for each category of user you want and inherit them from a single, unified authentication model that Django will use for authentication.

[sreedhar742]

you can add one boolean field in the User Model and option like login as admin or normal user: default False
1.if login comes from admin section then that boolean field becomes true
2.if login comes from user section then that boolean field becomes False