Can we add additional fields to UserCreationForm in django.
By default there are 5 fields in UserCreationForm:
If I want to add additional fields like age, gender then how can I add these in UserCreationForm.
I am new to django any reference or descriptive code will be appreciable.
class SignUpForm(UserCreationForm):
# My Own Custom Fields
username = forms.CharField(forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control', 'placeholder': 'Username'}))
first_name = forms.CharField(forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control', 'placeholder': 'First Name'}), max_length=32, help_text='First name')
last_name=forms.CharField(forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control', 'placeholder': 'Last Name'}), max_length=32, help_text='Last name')
email=forms.EmailField(forms.EmailInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control', 'placeholder': 'Email'}), max_length=64, help_text='Enter a valid email address')
password1=forms.CharField(forms.PasswordInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control', 'placeholder': 'Password'}))
password2=forms.CharField(forms.PasswordInput(attrs={'class': 'form-control', 'placeholder': 'Password Again'}))
# The Default Fields Of The UserCreation Form
class Meta(UserCreationForm.Meta):
model = User
# I've tried both of these 'fields' declaration, result is the same
# fields = ('username', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'password1', 'password2', )
fields = UserCreationForm.Meta.fields + ('first_name', 'last_name', 'email',)
There are a few steps we need to follow, step 1 : Inherit the UserCreationForm and add custom form fields to it, as per your case in forms.py
class SignUpForm(UserCreationForm):
age = forms.IntegerField()
gender = forms.CharField()
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ['username', 'age', 'gender', 'password1', 'password2']
step 2 : Create a model as per your custom fields and create a OneToOneField relation with User in models.py file
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
class UserData(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
age = models.PositiveIntegerField()
gender = models.CharField(max_length=20)
step 3 : create a view that will invoke during POST method and will create a new user instance and will store the extra field data to the model which we created
def register_user(request):
if request.method == "POST":
form = SignUpForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
form.save()
username = form.cleaned_data.get('username')
age = form.cleaned_data.get('age')
gender = form.cleaned_data.get('gender')
user = User.objects.get(username=username)
user_data = UserData.objects.create(user=user, age=age, gender=gender)
user_data.save()
return redirect('home')
else:
form = SignUpForm()
return render(request, 'base/signupform.html', {'form':form})
If you wish to store information related to User, you can use a OneToOneField to a model containing the fields for additional information.
class Profile(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
additional_field1 = models.SomeField()
.....
Read the docs here for the details on extending the user model.
