[Answered ]-AttributeError: 'method' object has no attribute 'backend'

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Instead of returning a user instance in the backends authenticate method you are returning a QuerySet (collection) of users, giving you an error. So your backend should look like:

class DiscordAuthenticationBackend(BaseBackend):
    def authenticate(self, request, user):
        try:
            return_user = DiscordUser.objects.get(id=user['id'])
        except DiscordUser.DoesNotExist:
            print("User was not found. Saving...")
            return_user = DiscordUser.objects.create_new_discord_user(user)
            print(new_user)
        return return_user

Note: Ideally your function exchange_code should be part of the backend here since it deals with authenticating the user from some
code / key. Your authenticate method should accept the code as the
credentials instead of a dictionary of the user details.

👤Abdul Aziz Barkat

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