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Django Custom User

There are two modern ways to create a custom user model in Django: AbstractUser and AbstractBaseUser

Custom User Model:

1. update config/settings.py *

   INSTALLED_APPS = [
   'django.contrib.admin',
   'django.contrib.auth',
   'django.contrib.contenttypes',
   'django.contrib.sessions',
   'django.contrib.messages',
   'django.contrib.staticfiles',
   'accounts', # new
   ]
   ...
   AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'accounts.CustomUser' # new
   

2. create a new CustomUser model *

   class CustomUser(AbstractUser):
   pass
   # add additional fields in here
   
   def __str__(self):
       return self.username
   

3. create new UserCreation and UserChangeForm

   class CustomUserCreationForm(UserCreationForm):
   
   class Meta:
       model = CustomUser
       fields = ('username', 'email')
   
   class CustomUserChangeForm(UserChangeForm):
   
   class Meta:
       model = CustomUser
       fields = ('username', 'email')
   

4. update the admin *

   class CustomUserAdmin(UserAdmin):
   add_form = CustomUserCreationForm
   form = CustomUserChangeForm
   model = CustomUser
   list_display = ['email', 'username',]
   
   admin.site.register(CustomUser, CustomUserAdmin)
   

5. Insid app/urls.py add pathes: *

   urlpatterns = [
           path('', TemplateView.as_view(template_name='home.html'), name='home'),
           path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
           path('accounts/', include('accounts.urls')),
           path('accounts/', include('django.contrib.auth.urls')),
   ]
   

6. Create a urls.py file in the accounts app: *

   urlpatterns = [
   path('signup/', SignUpView.as_view(), name='signup'),
   ]
   
   

7. in views.py file in the accounts app *

   class SignUpView(CreateView):
   form_class = CustomUserCreationForm
   success_url = reverse_lazy('login')
   template_name = 'registration/signup.html'
   

Now our registration page created