my model.py file
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User, BaseUserManager, AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
# custom user manager- rather than default user manger
class CustomUserManager(BaseUserManager):
def create_user(self,id_no, password=None, **extra_fields):
if not id_no:
raise ValueError("id must be set")
email = self.normalize_email(email)
user = self.model(id_no = id_no, password = password,**extra_fields)
user.set_password(password)
user.save(using=self._db)
return user
def create_superuser(self,id_no, password=None, **extra_fields):
extra_fields.setdefault('is_staff', True)
extra_fields.setdefault('is_superuser', True)
if extra_fields.get('is_staff') is not True:
raise ValueError("Superuser must have is_staff=True.")
if extra_fields.get('is_superuser') is not True:
raise ValueError("Superuser must have is_superuser=True.")
return self.create_user(id_no, password, **extra_fields)
# custom user model
choices= {
"M": "Male",
"F": "Female",
}
class CustomUser(AbstractBaseUser,PermissionsMixin):
email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
id_no = models.IntegerField(unique=True,primary_key=True)
profile_picture = models.ImageField(upload_to='profile_pics/', blank=True)
is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=False)
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
departement = models.CharField(max_length=40)
sex = models.CharField(max_length=4,choices=choices)
objects = CustomUserManager()
USERNAME_FIELD = 'id_no'
class Meta:
verbose_name = _('user')
verbose_name_plural = _('users')
def __str__(self):
return self.first_name
def get_full_name(self):
"""
Returns the first_name plus the last_name, with a space in between.
"""
full_name = '%s %s' % (self.first_name, self.last_name)
return full_name.strip()
def get_short_name(self):
"Returns the short name for the user."
return self.first_name
"""def email_user(self, subject, message, from_email=None, **kwargs):
#Sends an email to this User.
send_mail(subject, message, from_email, [self.email], **kwargs)"""
i am using AbstractBaseUser class and LoginView