authenticate

If the given credentials are valid, return a User object.

def authenticate(
    request: HttpRequest = None,
    **credentials: dict
) - > User

If the given credentials are valid, return a User object.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
request	HttpRequest = None	The current HTTP request object, used by backends for metadata or session handling.
**credentials	dict	Keyword arguments containing authentication credentials such as username, password, or tokens.

Returns

Type	Description
User	The authenticated User object annotated with the backend path, or None if authentication failed for all backends.