Django 源码的 authenticate方法到 import_string

Django 的 import_string 是个小工具哈
在自定义的 myself_login(reqeust) 视图函数中有调用到
user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
经分析 authenticate 源码的过程，发现 import_string 方法还挺精巧

def authenticate(**credentials):
    """
    If the given credentials are valid, return a User object.
    """
    for backend, backend_path in _get_backends(return_tuples=True):
        try:
            inspect.getcallargs(backend.authenticate, **credentials)
        except TypeError:
            # This backend doesn't accept these credentials as arguments. Try the next one.
            continue

        try:
            user = backend.authenticate(**credentials)
        except PermissionDenied:
            # This backend says to stop in our tracks - this user should not be allowed in at all.
            return None
        if user is None:
            continue
        # Annotate the user object with the path of the backend.
        user.backend = backend_path
        return user

    # The credentials supplied are invalid to all backends, fire signal
    user_login_failed.send(sender=__name__,
            credentials=_clean_credentials(credentials))


def _get_backends(return_tuples=False):
    backends = []
    for backend_path in settings.AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS:
        backend = load_backend(backend_path)
        backends.append((backend, backend_path) if return_tuples else backend)
    if not backends:
        raise ImproperlyConfigured(
            'No authentication backends have been defined. Does '
            'AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS contain anything?'
        )
    return backends


def load_backend(path):
    return import_string(path)()