Django custom user with AbstractUser

Question

from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser

class MyUser(AbstractUser):
    pass

class Landlord(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(get_user_model(), on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    #other fields
    def __str__(self):
        # **Error is here**
        return self.user.email

When I use email field of my user it has give this error: "Instance of 'OneToOneField' has no 'email' member"

what is the reason for error?(And what fields are there in AbstractUser class?) How can I fix the error.

Are you sure you did not add a trailing comma at the `user = ...` line? — Willem Van Onsem, Apr 21 '20 at 18:34

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 21 '20 at 18:45

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You should ensure you specify your user class in the settings.py file like

AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'appname.MyUser'

Replace appname with the name of your app.

Or you use MyUser instead of get_user_model().

answered Apr 21 '20 at 18:45

HAKS

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Yes, I did. The problem is It can not see email field of my Custom user. – Jaha Apr 21 '20 at 21:58
You have the same issue using MyUser instead of get_user_model()? – HAKS Apr 21 '20 at 22:01

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '20 at 18:58

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I am using AbstractBaseUser instead of AbstractUser and the problem didn't come up. also by reading the code of django.contrib.auth.models you can see what fields have been implemented and how. it can be done by holding the control key and clicking on the import address.

answered Apr 21 '20 at 18:58

yekmolsoheil

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Thank you! It seems explicitly creating email field after inheriting from AbstractBaseUser is the one I finally got no problem with custom user. – Jaha May 05 '20 at 07:35

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 23 '22 at 06:24

Maybe...

from django.contrib.auth import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser

class Landlord(AbstractUser):
    email = models.EmailField(max_length=100, unique=True) 
    #other fields
    def __str__(self):
        return self.email

Django custom user with AbstractUser

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