Stopping User model from deleting an entry with signals

Asked Apr 28 '15 at 05:13

Active Apr 28 '15 at 14:20

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I am looking for a way to use Signals to stop the User model from deleting an entry, so I would not have to rewrite the User model. Instead, I'm looking to edit a model. A BooleanField is already set up. This way I can keep user in the database, and still have a way to eliminate the user from searches based on this field. Basically, I want to have something to do the following:

Stop the deletion of the Instance
Change Instance.userprofile.deleted_user to True
Save Instance.userprofile

I know how to get 2 & 3 done. But I just can't find a way to accomplish step 1, that does not involve editing the Default User model.

the code I do have for the issue, but as stated in the comment I do not have a way to stop the delete.

@receiver(pre_delete, sender=User)
def user_delete_handler(sender, instance, **kwargs):
    # stop delete then do the following
    instance.userprofile.deleted_user = True  # edit linked model to mark user as deleted
    instance.userprofile.save()  # save linked model

edited Apr 28 '15 at 14:20

asked Apr 28 '15 at 05:13

Termanater13

Do you have any code to show us? – tokyovariable Apr 28 '15 at 05:27
@tokyovariable I do not have code for the issue in question, I have everything I need but stopping the deletion of the entry – Termanater13 Apr 28 '15 at 05:33

Stopping User model from deleting an entry with signals

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