The username parameter should be taken from the screen_name parameter only. That...

diff --git a/social_auth/backends/contrib/vkontakte.py b/social_auth/backends/contrib/vkontakte.py
index 7026579f2bc04d7f35ea98960fa1780e3a74a080..8166c4c7032ed23b48ccef90422a72639292ce54 100644 (file)
--- a/social_auth/backends/contrib/vkontakte.py
+++ b/social_auth/backends/contrib/vkontakte.py
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ class VkontakteBackend(OAuthBackend):
     def get_user_details(self, response):
         """Return user details from Vkontakte account"""
         print response
-        return {USERNAME: response.get('nickname') or \
-                          response.get('screen_name'),
+        return {USERNAME: response.get('screen_name'),
                 'email':  '',
                 'first_name': response.get('first_name'),
                 'last_name': response.get('last_name')}