dynamicweb/utils/backend.py

import logging
import sys

from django.conf import settings
from django.contrib.auth.backends import ModelBackend

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)


class MyLDAPBackend(ModelBackend):
    def authenticate(self, request, username=None, password=None, **kwargs):
        user = super().authenticate(
            request=request,
            username=username,
            password=password,
            **kwargs
        )

        is_testing = (
            "test" in sys.argv
            or "pytest" in sys.modules
        )

        if user and not settings.DEBUG and not is_testing:
            user.create_ldap_account(password)

        return user