Support e-mail address logins in the API
Review Request #8578 — Created Dec. 16, 2016 and submitted — Latest diff uploaded
The API now supports logging in with an e-mail address just like the
normal login view. A new WebAPI auth backend has been added that
translates supplied e-mail addresses to usernames so that they can be
used in the standard auth backend.
Authenticated with an e-mail address via the API.