How to properly extend user model in Django

Question

I am working on a Django employee management system, I want the employee bio data on the same table as the user object used for registration and login

I tried adding the user model as a OnetoOneField on the employee table, but I don’t like having to register the user and then fill the employee form separately.

I want the users to be able to create their bio data while creating an account

Have you tried to google it? First hit: https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2016/07/22/how-to-extend-django-user-model.html — DrummerMann, Mar 03 '23 at 21:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 15 '23 at 08:05

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you can inherit AbstractBaseUser model and override it(add additionally fields in it) and you can do what exactly you want i.e

class User(AbstractBaseUser):
    date_joined = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
    ---> rest of fields <------

edited Mar 15 '23 at 08:05

Tanveer Ahmad

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answered Mar 15 '23 at 07:05

Muhammad Kashif

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 15 '23 at 06:25

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database design may always vary depending on people. In such a case, I will inherit abstractbaseuser and keep everything in that table.

answered Mar 15 '23 at 06:25

Bhuban ghimire

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How to properly extend user model in Django

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