permission_classes = [AllowAny]
serializer_class = UserLoginSerializer

def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    data = request.data
    serializer = UserLoginSerializer(data=data)
    if serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True):
        new_data = serializer.data
        return Response(new_data, status=HTTP_200_OK)  //I'm getting this response
    return Response(serializer.errors, status=HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)

def validate(self, data):
        print("***************validating*******************")  //This line is not being printed
        # user_obj = None
        email = data.get("email", None)
        username = data.get("username", None)
        password = data["password"]
        if not email and not username:
            raise ValidationError("A username or email is required to login.")
        user = User.objects.filter(
                Q(email=email) |
                Q(username=username)
            ).distinct()
        user = user.exclude(email__isnull=True).exclude(email__iexact='')
        print(user, "-------------*********************")
        if user.exists() and user.count() == 1:
            user_obj = user.first()
        else:
            raise ValidationError("This username/email is not valid.")
        if user_obj:
            if not user_obj.check_password(password):
                print("wrong pwd", "**************************************")
                raise ValidationError("Incorrect credentials! Please Try again!")
        data["token"] = "SOME RANDOM TOKEN"
        return data