Re: When to use get_user_model()

Thanks Xavier

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 1:02 PM, Xavier Paniello <pezbaloo@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi tangoward15,

Django will use auth.User as the user model in the system, unless you change AUTH_USER_MODEL = RegUser in settings.py

Be carefull, to change the user model has some particularities you can read in docs (warning section):
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/settings/#auth-user-model

Other option to extend auth.User is a model with a one2one field related to auth.User, or a proxy model:
https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2016/07/22/how-to-extend-django-user-model.html

Salut!


El diumenge, 18 febrer de 2018 15:23:53 UTC+1, tangoward15 va escriure:

@Mukul Agrawal,

thanks, i'll read this.

@Xavier,

the model in forms.py, does it mean it will use the RegUser class from the models.py? Sorry, I am confuse.

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 9:41 PM, Mukul Agrawal <amuk...@gmail.com> wrote:

The answer on this link can also help you in why and when to use get_user_model(). 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24629705/django-using-get-user-model-vs-settings-auth-user-model

On Feb 18, 2018 4:11 AM, "tango ward" <tango...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

I am playing around with user registration. I came across a code where the get_user_model() was assigned to a model in Meta class inside a form. I was just wondering, what is the benefit of using the get_user_model() as Model in a form instead of importing a class from models.py then use that class as model of the form and when should I use it?

models.py
class RegUser(User):

    def __str__(self):
        return self.username

forms.py

class UserCreateForm(UserCreationForm):

    class Meta:
        fields = ('username', 'password1', 'password2')
        model = get_user_model()

Thanks,

Jarvis

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