title: django-rest-framework custom user model login failed
body: <p>I am using django custom usermodel with restframework , after registering successfully I am unable to login for normal users.I am able to login via the initial superuser but if I create new superuser ,they are registered successfully but gives error while logging in as when trying with a normal user.</p>
  
  <p>Error</p>
  
  <pre><code>Please enter the correct email and password for a staff account. Note that both fields may be case-sensitive.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>For few profiles I also observed following error in admin panel.</p>
  
  <pre><code>invalid password format or unknown hashing algorithm 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>models.py</strong></p>
  
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code>from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager, PermissionsMixin
  from django.db import models
  from django.utils import timezone
  
  
  class UserManager(BaseUserManager):
  
      def _create_user(self, email, password, is_staff, is_superuser, **extra_fields):
          if not email:
              raise ValueError('Users must have an email address')
          now = timezone.now()
          email = self.normalize_email(email)
          user = self.model(
              email=email,
              is_staff=is_staff,
              is_active=True,
              is_superuser=is_superuser,
              last_login=now,
              date_time_onboarded=now,
              **extra_fields
  
          )
          user.set_password(password)
          user.save(using=self._db)
          return user
  
      def create_user(self, email, password, **extra_fields):
          return self._create_user(email, password, True, True, **extra_fields)
  
      def create_superuser(self, email, password, **extra_fields):
          user = self._create_user(email, password, True, True, **extra_fields)
          return user
  
  
  class AppOnboarding(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
      email = models.EmailField(max_length=254, unique=True)
      product_name = models.CharField(max_length=254, null=True, blank=True)
      is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=False)
      is_superuser = models.BooleanField(default=True)
      is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
      last_login = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
      date_time_onboarded = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
  
      USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
      EMAIL_FIELD = 'email'
      REQUIRED_FIELDS = []
  
      objects = UserManager()
  
      def get_absolute_url(self):
          return "/users/%i/" % (self.pk)
  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>serializers.py</strong></p>
  
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code>from rest_framework import serializers
  
  from .models import AppOnboarding
  
  
  class AppOnboardingSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
      class Meta:
          model = AppOnboarding
          fields = ['email', 'product_name', 'password']
          extra_kwargs = {'password': {'write_only': True}}
  
      def create(self, validated_data):
          app_onboard = AppOnboarding(
              email=self.validated_data['email'],
              product_name=self.validated_data['product_name']
          )
          password = self.validated_data['password']
  
          app_onboard.set_password(password)
          app_onboard.save()
  
      def save(self):
          app_onboard = AppOnboarding(
              email=self.validated_data['email'],
              product_name=self.validated_data['product_name']
          )
          password = self.validated_data['password']
  
          app_onboard.set_password(password)
          app_onboard.save()
  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>urls.py</strong></p>
  
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code>
  from django.urls import path
  from rest_framework import routers
  from . import views
  
  
  
  router = routers.DefaultRouter()
  router.register('app', views.AppOnboardingView)
  urlpatterns = router.urls
  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>views.py</strong></p>
  
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code>from django.shortcuts import render
  
  from rest_framework.decorators import api_view
  from rest_framework.response import Response
  from rest_framework import status, viewsets
  
  from .serializers import AppOnboardingSerializer
  from .models import AppOnboarding
  
  
  
  
  class AppOnboardingView(viewsets.ModelViewSet):
      queryset = AppOnboarding.objects.all()
      serializer_class = AppOnboardingSerializer
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>*settings.py</strong></p>
  
  <pre class="lang-py prettyprint-override"><code>"""
  Django settings for nrn project.
  
  Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 2.2.5.
  
  For more information on this file, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/settings/
  
  For the full list of settings and their values, see
  https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/
  """
  
  # , EMAIL_HOST_USER   , EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD
  from .email_info import EMAIL_HOST, EMAIL_PORT
  import os
  
  # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
  BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
  
  
  # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
  # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/deployment/checklist/
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
  SECRET_KEY = 'mz)6t6hfo*44sz*g)u&amp;2o5!9p9azk!lwuju=*0lp_-c5)m-hj4'
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
  DEBUG = True
  
  ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
  
  
  # Application definition
  
  INSTALLED_APPS = [
      'django.contrib.admin',
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',
      'rest_framework',
      'send',
      'apponboarding'
  ]
  
  MIDDLEWARE = [
      'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
  ]
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'nrn.urls'
  
  TEMPLATES = [
      {
          'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
          'DIRS': [],
          'APP_DIRS': True,
          'OPTIONS': {
              'context_processors': [
                  'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                  'django.template.context_processors.request',
                  'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                  'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
              ],
          },
      },
  ]
  
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'nrn.wsgi.application'
  
  
  # Database
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#databases
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
          'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
      }
  }
  
  
  # Password validation
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
  
  AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator',
      },
      {
          'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator',
      },
  ]
  
  
  # Internationalization
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/i18n/
  
  LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
  
  TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
  
  USE_I18N = True
  
  USE_L10N = True
  
  USE_TZ = True
  
  
  # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images)
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/static-files/
  
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  
  
  EMAIL_HOST = EMAIL_HOST
  
  EMAIL_PORT = EMAIL_PORT
  
  
  EMAIL_USE_TLS = False
  
  EMAIL_USE_SSL = False
  
  AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'apponboarding.AppOnboarding'
  
  # REST_FRAMEWORK = {
  #     'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
  #         'rest_framework.authentication.SessionAuthentication',
  #     ],
  # }
  
  # AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = (
  #     'django.contrib.auth.backends.RemoteUserBackend',
  #     'django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend',
  # )
  </code></pre>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Tried all the solutions on stackoverflow for similar problem but still it not working.</li>
  <li>Any help is highly apppreciated.</li>
  </ul>