QQ == QQ implemented OAuth2 protocol for their authentication mechanism. To enable ``python-social-auth`` support follow this steps: 1. Go to `QQ`_ and create an application. 2. Fill App Id and Secret in your project settings:: SOCIAL_AUTH_QQ_KEY = '...' SOCIAL_AUTH_QQ_SECRET = '...' 3. Enable the backend:: SOCIAL_AUTH_AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ( ... 'social_core.backends.qq.QQOauth2', ... ) The values for ``nickname``, ``figureurl_qq_1`` and ``gender`` will be stored in the ``extra_data`` field. The ``nickname`` will be used as the account username. ``figureurl_qq_1`` can be used as the profile image. Sometimes nickname will duplicate with another ``qq`` account, to avoid this issue it's possible to use ``openid`` as ``username`` by define this setting:: SOCIAL_AUTH_QQ_USE_OPENID_AS_USERNAME = True .. _QQ: http://connect.qq.com/