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Django Custom User

Readings

• Django Custom User Model
• DjangoX

Videos

• Creating a Custom User Model
• Abstract User, User Profile and Signals in Django

Notes

1. Subclassing AbstractBaseUser is the recommended way to create a custom user model

    from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractBaseUser
   
    class CustomUser(AbstractBaseUser):
        pass
   

2. Create a custom manager for the custom user model by subclassing BaseUserManager

    from django.contrib.auth.models import BaseUserManager
   
    class CustomUserManager(BaseUserManager):
        pass
   

3. Add fields to the custom user model, such as email, username and password

    from django.db import models
   
    class CustomUser(AbstractBaseUser):
        email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
        username = models.CharField(max_length=40, unique=True)
        password = models.CharField(max_length=100)
        full_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
        phone_number = models.CharField(max_length=15)
   

4. Add the custom manager to the custom user model

    class CustomUser(AbstractBaseUser):
        email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
        username = models.CharField(max_length=40, unique=True)
        password = models.CharField(max_length=100)
        full_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
        phone_number = models.CharField(max_length=15)
        objects = CustomUserManager()
   

5. Update the settings.py file to use the custom user model

    AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'your_app.CustomUser'
   

6. Create migration for the custom user model

    python manage.py makemigrations
   

7. Apply the migration

    python manage.py migrate