Questions tagged [django-custom-user]

Tag for questions related to custom User model functionality introduced in Django 1.6

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Using multiple login fields, email or phone number in Django All Auth

I am using Django All Auth to authenticate user but I need to use phone number or email field when logging in user. I extended user class as follows: class User(AbstractUser): phone_number = models.CharField(max_length=10, unique=True) def…
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AttributeError: Manager isn't available; 'auth.User' has been swapped for 'custom_user.CustomUser'

I get the error after try to solve User Registration with error: no such table: auth_user by following Manager isn't available; User has been swapped for 'pet.Person' i still cannot register user using my custom user registration form and i have…
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How to solve error raised : No module named 'django.contrib.customuser'

I am new to Django, trying to create a custom user for my project. When I am running the server, it raises No module named 'django.contrib.customuser' and sometimes, Manager isn't available; auth.User has been swapped for Mysite.CustomUser. Even i…
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Create registration form for extended User model in Django 1.8

I am creating a registration form so users can sign-up. models.py class UserProfile(models.Model): user = models.OneToOneField(User) address = models.CharField(max_length=100) I'm not sure what should go in the forms.py and views.py since…
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Django rest framework not authenticating custom user model

I have this custom user model: class CustomUser(AbstractBaseUser,PermissionsMixin): email = models.CharField(max_length=255, unique=True) .... And this view that is supossed to require authentication in order to…
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Is it required to make a custom manger for a custom user model in django

I am making a custom user model using the AbstractBaseUser and PermissionsMixin by following these two tutorials (tutorial-1 and tutorial-2). This the model so far: class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin): email = models.EmailField('email…
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Cannot create super user use custom user model in django 1.8

i try to make custom user model and i want to make super user but i am getting error like this Traceback (most recent call last): File "manage.py", line 10, in execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) File…
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Custom User Testing in Django

I have a Django application and the custom user - want to test it (do unit testing). My custom user is emailuser, which consists of e-mail and password fields. I want to set up something of such national mplayer, give it a field and a password. But…
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authenticate a user in django pybb app

I have successfully installed pybb app and all is good except the fact that I don't how to 'tell' pybb app that a user has been authenticated by my main app. I'm using function based views and the normal authenticate -> login routine as described…
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Django custom user migrations breaks syncdb

In my django project I swapped the django auth user for a custom user model from the start. I use a proxymodel for the user as the AUTH_USER_MODEL. The project layout is somewhat like so, manage.py project/ __init__.py settings.py …
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Django best practice - referencing custom user or profile model

Based on Django's recommendation that information should be stored in a separate model if it's not directly related to authentication, I've created both a custom user model and a profile model in my app. Something like: class…
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Reasons to use 'through' parameter on an M2M relationship in Django

Concise question: What are the advantages and disadvantages of Modeling a many-to-many relationship in Django (1.5) on an external table without using the through parameter? Details: Say, I have a custom User model UserProfile and I want to define a…
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Custom users with django allauth

I am trying to use a custom user with django-allauth/social auth In settings.py, I have AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS = ( # Needed to login by username in Django admin, regardless of `allauth` "django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend", #…
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django 1.5 custom user - separate application in admin

I've created a custom user model as described in docs. models.py class Account(AbstractUser): middle_name = models.CharField(_('middle name'), max_length=30, blank=True) is_partner = models.BooleanField(_('partner status'), default=False, …
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Login Authentication for custom user model

I have custom user model. I am able to signup but when it comes to login and logout, i have no idea what is happening. Login Form is not logging in the user when I submit the form, it just says the user with that username already exists (it is kind…