django-auditlog not working for User model

Question

I am using django-auditlog for creating entries in LogEntry table. my actions for User Model are not getting logged in LogEntry table.

my User model -

class User(AbstractUser):
...
...
...

username = None

USERNAME_FIELD = 'id'
REQUIRED_FIELDS = []

objects = UserManager()

def __str__(self):
  return f"{self.email}"

...
...

auditlog.register(User)

*I have to use django-auditlog only so pls suggest accordigly

TIA

What changes to instances of your User model are you doing and how are you making them? — Iain Shelvington, Aug 06 '21 at 06:24
Instances like activating/deactivating user, updating first/last names etc. — nerd_geek365, Aug 06 '21 at 06:41
In the admin? Have you configured the AUTH_USER_MODEL setting and registered your User model in the admin and de-registered the built-in User model? — Iain Shelvington, Aug 06 '21 at 06:43
not from the admin panel, but from api level, exactly where I need to change for registering and deregistering AUTH_USER_MODEL setting — nerd_geek365, Aug 06 '21 at 06:46
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/topics/auth/customizing/#substituting-a-custom-user-model — Iain Shelvington, Aug 06 '21 at 06:47
I have registered AUTH_USER_MODEL in core -> settings.py still no luck — nerd_geek365, Aug 06 '21 at 07:25
Can you share your api views and serializers? Are they definitely using the correct model? — Iain Shelvington, Aug 06 '21 at 07:27
URL - /api/user/activate-deactivate View - class UserUpdate(RetrieveUpdateAPIView): — nerd_geek365, Aug 06 '21 at 08:57
I am using two different serializers with get_serializer method for partnerships and organziations , which has organziation model and partnership model used — nerd_geek365, Aug 06 '21 at 09:11
Can you at least add the code that handles "activate-deactivate"? Does it use `User.objects.update()`? — Iain Shelvington, Aug 06 '21 at 09:12
it use User.objects.filter(id=1).update( is_active = True/False ) — nerd_geek365, Aug 06 '21 at 09:19
`.update()` does not trigger any signals and so is almost certainly not handled by the package, you most likely will have to log the change manually or update all the records using `save()` in a loop — Iain Shelvington, Aug 06 '21 at 09:21
I have tried to use save method by first User.objects.get(), and then updating values and then use save(), but still got no luck — nerd_geek365, Aug 06 '21 at 09:40

ali jafarzadeh · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-02T08:46:57.087

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I use django-auditlog version 2.1.1. In my case, I've solved it this way:

AUDITLOG_INCLUDE_TRACKING_MODELS = (
    {
        "model": "auth.User",
        "exclude_fields": ["last_login"],
    },
)

I hope that it was useful!

edited Aug 02 '22 at 08:46

answered Aug 02 '22 at 08:45

ali jafarzadeh

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 23 '22 at 01:41

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choose 1 models.py in any app and import user model

ex. from django.contrib.auth.models import User

then register the user to auditlog

auditlog.register(User)

answered Mar 23 '22 at 01:41

Nick Lennon Fortes

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django-auditlog not working for User model

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