Tag for questions related to custom User model functionality introduced in Django 1.6
Questions tagged [django-custom-user]
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How to fix "TypeError: argument of type 'ConnectionHandler' is not iterable" when running a django test?
When I do ```python -m unittest`` inside of my users app, I get this error:
TypeError: argument of type 'ConnectionHandler' is not iterable
I was customizing my User model in django and I wanted to make a test for it. I already did the migrations…
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Django Creating a Custom User with the Django Rest Framework
I'm trying to create a custom user using the Django Rest Framework. I got it to the point to where I can create a regular user, but I'm unsure on how to extend it to the custom user model.
models.py:
from django.db import models
from…
Evan Bloemer
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Add user to a group at signup in Django
New to Django here. There are three types of users: Bronze, Silver and Gold with different permissions. All users start out as Bronze when they sign up and then move upwards when they fulfill certain conditions. Therefore I tried to customize the…
user1933205
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Wagtail: Add image to custom user model
I'm following the Wagtail documentation to customize the user model. I want to add an image to the user model.
Django version: 2.0.8,
Wagtail version: 2.1
Problem
After choosing an image with the image chooser field and clicking 'Save', this error…
Julian Haluska
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Attribute error: 'User' object has no attribute 'is_admin'
I have customized user model by extending AbstractBaseUser, the user name only accepted as email id. Here is the model:
class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
email = models.EmailField('email address', unique=True)
first_name =…
bSr
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Django: is extending AbstractBaseUser required to use email as USERNAME_FIELD?
Like many others, I'm trying to configure my Django app to use the email as the username field. I have some existing user accounts that I migrated to a custom user model successfully, though right now the custom model is identical to the Django user…
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heroku: relation "auth_group" does not exist
I'm facing problem while doing syncdb on heroku.
I have a custom user model and when I try to sync,heroku gives this error.
django.db.utils.ProgrammingError: relation "auth_group" does not exist
I tried python manage.py makemigrations but nothing…
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AppRegistryNotReady error with django 1.7 and custom User
I am creating a custom django user and I get the following error when trying to use it. The error I get is the following
AppRegistryNotReady: Models aren't loaded yet.
My model
class MyCustomUserManager(BaseUserManager):
def create_user(self,…
Apostolos
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Migrating from auth.User to custom user model. Groups and permissions are always empty
I'm migrating my app from Django 1.4 to Django 1.7. I have already upgraded all third party libraries and Django itself. No errors and warnings on running manage.py check or when using manage.py runserver'.
Now I want to move to a custom user model.…
Ania Warzecha
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Extend Django user model with custom fields, receivers and backend
I am designing a Django application (v1.6) and need to do several things with users:
Add custom fields, such as a foreign key for user department
Trigger database changes when certain fields change. For example, when the user's department changes I…
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signal for custom user registration in django
help please !!
I have a custom user model that I am using in my project. And I create a wallet to my new users by using signal, when they register.
@receiver(post_save, sender=User)
def create_saving_wallet(sender, instance, **kwargs):
[...]
In…
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Cannot assign "...'": "..." must be a "User" instance
models.py for assistance
class AssistanceQuest (models.Model):
Customer = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL,on_delete=models.CASCADE,blank=True,null=False)
Status = models.BooleanField(default=False,null=False,blank=False) …
Nicola Migliaccio
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Can't login to Django Admin with custom User Model
I create a custom model for User, By this I can create superuser from command line, and its create successfully. But when I trying to login to Django admin with created Super user its show me This error
@property
def is_staff(self):
return…
Al Mamun
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create_user() missing 1 required positional argument: 'username'
I deleted username field because I wanted user to be able to login with their email address, so I have this in my models.py :
class CustomUser(AbstractUser):
USER_TYPE = ((1, 'HOD'), (2, 'Staff'), (3, 'Student'))
username = None
email =…
Owonubi Job Sunday
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Group and Permissions Assignment Missing when using Custom User Model
I am building an app with multiple roles defined through Django Groups.
I started with a custom user model, defined as below.
I am seeing a weird difference in the groups and permissions use when using a custom user model, like the inheritance is…
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