type object 'User' has no attribute 'is_staff' in Django Application

Question

if you see the link, they have given that User object has an attribute is_staff. I am trying to see what is the default value of is_staff when we create a new user in unit testing. The code is fairly very simple:

def test_login_user(self):
        User.objects.create_user('john', 'example@abc.edu', 'password')
        print self.client.login(username='john', password='password')
        print User.is_staff
        if User.is_staff:
            s = requests.get('http://127.0.0.1:8000/dashboard/')
        else:
            s = HttpResponseForbidden()
        print s.status_code

Now when I try to print out print User.is_staff, it is showing

type object 'User' has no attribute 'is_staff' in Django Application

I already know the user is not staff user so the output of User.is_staff should be False right? Could anyone point out where I am wrong here?

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 29 '15 at 18:13

5

You should check class instance, not class:

user = User.objects.create_user('john', 'example@abc.edu', 'password')
if user.is_staff:
    <do something>

answered Oct 29 '15 at 18:13

Eugene Soldatov

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Do you know about `RequireStaffMixinView` ? Why it is used ? – python Oct 29 '15 at 18:19
Nope. I think it's part of your project, i.e. not part of Django. But how it's related to your question? – Eugene Soldatov Oct 29 '15 at 18:21
Learning Django :) got confused. Thanks for your answer – python Oct 29 '15 at 18:26

type object 'User' has no attribute 'is_staff' in Django Application

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