Provide an override-able get_queryset in JWTAuthentication

[SafaAlfulaij]

In JWTAuthentication.get_user, the user is retrieved using the objects manager directly, without providing an easy way to customize the queryset:

djangorestframework-simplejwt/rest_framework_simplejwt/authentication.py

Lines 131 to 136 in acb1483

	try:
	user = self.user_model.objects.get(**{api_settings.USER_ID_FIELD: user_id})
	except self.user_model.DoesNotExist as e:
	raise AuthenticationFailed(
	_("User not found"), code="user_not_found"
	) from e

Currently, the only way for users to modify the queryset is by overriding the entire method—something that's discouraged due to maintainability and future compatibility concerns.

Introducing a get_queryset method would allow developers to tailor the queryset for different scenarios (e.g. annotating users who hold a valid license) for further checks and validations, without performing extra database queries.

This pattern aligns with how Django REST Framework typically works—it relies on get_ methods (like get_queryset) that return default values unless explicitly overridden:
https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/blob/c41314f1fc898490f27e1015cc859e28afe6f7b9/rest_framework/generics.py#L52-L92

[vgrozdanic]

What is the use case where you would want to use get_queryset and not just fetch the user by id_field (which is customizable)?

[rohitrhmn1]

Suppose you have a custom User value which you want to annotate. Example:

User.objects.annotate(has_wallet_value=Q(wallet__value__gte=50)).order_by()

Now in this case, whenever we would like to use these in views, for example,

if self.request.user.has_wallet_value: 
#... do something

If the get_queryset method is provided inside the authentication class, then we could easily subclass it and override it with custom method.

Hope this helps!!