expand users table with django

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I'm using the authentication that ships with django, and as such, it comes with its own SQL table. I have a few more attributes I'd like to use with the User model that are custom to my app such as a user photo or a random user blob where users can type in notes.

what's the best way of extending the existing user table that ships with django's authentication/authorization modeling to allow for my custom fields?

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answered Nov 22 '09 at 07:24

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 22 '09 at 16:44

The other way to handle this is to do table inheritance on the User model and develop your own derived EnhancedUser model. Typically a custom wrapper backend is also written to make sure the auth subsystem returns the EnhancedUser model as well.

There's a very good blog post answer here.

expand users table with django

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