i have got a problem with automatically filling fields for new users that register in django. I don't know how can i get some informations.
so this is my Profile Model
class Profile(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(MyUser, null=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
name = models.CharField(max_length=45)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=60)
profile_picture = models.ImageField(default='profile_pics/Default.jpg', upload_to='profile_pics')
def __str__(self):
return f'{self.user.first_name} {self.user.last_name}'
this is the function that automatically creates Profile.
@receiver(post_save, sender=MyUser)
def create_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
if created:
Profile.objects.create(user=instance)
and this is MyUser model that i use.
class CustomUserManager(BaseUserManager):
def _create_user(self, email, password, first_name, last_name, mobile, **extra_fields):
if not email:
raise ValueError("Email must be provided")
if not password:
raise ValueError("Password is not provided")
user = self.model(
email= self.normalize_email(email),
first_name = first_name,
last_name = last_name,
mobile = mobile,
**extra_fields
)
user.set_password(password)
user.save(using=self._db)
return user
def create_user(self, email, password, first_name, last_name, mobile, **extra_fields):
extra_fields.setdefault('is_staff', True)
extra_fields.setdefault('is_active', True)
extra_fields.setdefault('is_superuser', False)
return self._create_user(email, password,first_name, last_name, mobile, **extra_fields)
def create_superuser(self, email, password, first_name, last_name, mobile, **extra_fields):
extra_fields.setdefault('is_staff', True)
extra_fields.setdefault('is_active', True)
extra_fields.setdefault('is_superuser', True)
return self._create_user(email, password, first_name, last_name, mobile, **extra_fields)
class MyUser(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
email = models.EmailField(db_index=True, unique=True, max_length=254)
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=240)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=240)
mobile = models.CharField(max_length=50)
is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=True)
is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
is_superuser = models.BooleanField(default=False)
objects= CustomUserManager()
USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['first_name', 'last_name', 'mobile']
I was wondering how can i get first_name and second_name from the user who registers and send it into create_profile function so it will add first_name and second_name automatically to the Profile.
CodePudding user response:
You can send first_name
and last_name
to Profile via your signal like this:
@receiver(post_save, sender=MyUser)
def create_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
if created:
Profile.objects.create(user=instance, name=instance.first_name, last_name=instance.last_name)
Also, does Profile model has ForeignKey relationship on purpose? If not, I would consider changing it to models.OneToOneField
, otherwise, it implies that one user can have multiple profiles
class Profile(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(MyUser, null=True, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
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