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User model is the default model in Django. It provides many APIs which are helpful for working with users. Django user model is overridable in a Project according to required field.

Django(a high-level Python Web framework) comes with a user authentication system. It handles user accounts, groups, permissions and cookie-based user sessions.

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What's the best way to extend the User model in Django?

What's the best way to extend the User model (bundled with Django's authentication app) with custom fields? I would also possibly like to use the email as the username (for authentication purposes). I've already seen a few ways to do it, but can't…
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AbstractUser vs AbstractBaseUser in Django?

The use of AbstractUser and AbstractBaseUser looks quite similar. from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser, AbstractBaseUser What is the difference between the two?
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request.user returns a SimpleLazyObject, how do I "wake" it?

I have the following method: def _attempt(actor): if actor.__class__ != User: raise TypeError Which is called from a view: self.object.attempt(self.request.user) As you can see, the _attempt method expects actor to be type…
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Django: Hide button in template, if user is not super-user

How do you get your template/view to recognize whether or not a logged in user is a super user or not? There are certain buttons on my forms (in the template) that I want completely hidden if the user is not a super-user How would you go about…
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How to customize the auth.User Admin page in Django CRUD?

I just want to add the subscription date in the User list in the Django CRUD Administration site. How can I do that ? Thank you for your help
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How to use 'User' as foreign key in Django 1.5

I have made a custom profile model which looks like this: from django.db import models from django.contrib.auth.models import User class UserProfile(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey('User', unique=True) name =…
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get current user in Django Form

Possible Duplicate: get request data in Django form There's part of my Guest Model: class Guest(models.Model): event = models.ForeignKey(Event, related_name='guests') user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True, related_name='guests') …
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What is "swappable" in model meta for?

Looking tough django auth models code, I came across this bit of code: class User(AbstractUser): class Meta(AbstractUser.Meta): swappable = 'AUTH_USER_MODEL' It's obvious that it has something to do with the new AUTH_USER_MODEL setting…
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How to create a new user with django rest framework and custom user model

I have a custom user model and I am using django-rest-framework to create API models.py: class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin): email = models.EmailField( unique=True, max_length=254, ) first_name =…
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Django: When extending User, better to use OneToOneField(User) or ForeignKey(User, unique=True)?

I'm finding conflicting information on whether to use OneToOneField(User) or ForeignKey(User, unique=True) when creating a UserProfile model by extending the Django User model. Is it better to use this?: class UserProfile(models.Model): user =…
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Django User model, adding function

I want to add a new function to the default User model of Django for retrieveing a related list of Model type. Such Foo model: class Foo(models.Model): owner = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name="owner") likes = models.ForeignKey(User,…
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Django Abstract User Error

I am working on extending the User class based on the docs with the code below: from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser class MyUser(AbstractUser): some_extra_data = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True) However, I'm returning…
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Add image/avatar field to users

I want that each user on my website will have an image in his profile. I don't need any thumbnails or something like that, just a picture for each user. The simpler the better. The problem is I don't know how to insert this type of field into my…
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custom django-user object has no attribute 'has_module_perms'

My custom user model for login via email: class MyUser(AbstractBaseUser): id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True) # AutoField? is_superuser = models.IntegerField(default=False) username = models.CharField(unique=True,max_length=30) …
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Django - Multiple User Profiles

Initially, I started my UserProfile like this: from django.db import models from django.contrib.auth.models import User class UserProfile(models.Model): user = models.OneToOneField(User) verified = models.BooleanField() mobile =…
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