Create User method for Custom Manager Django

Hi all,

I am following this tutorial (http://musings.tinbrain.net/blog/2014/sep/21/registration-django-easy-way/) to create a user registration model in Django.

I understand that the class UserManager is overwriting the default User model. However, I do not understand this particular part.

The official Django Documentation doesn't explain what this means - It merely shows the full code.

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/auth/customizing/

Need some clarification as to what's going on here. What is self.model in this example and what does it do?

    def create_user(self, email, password, **kwargs):
        user = self.model(email=self.normalize_email(email), is_active=True, **kwargs)
        user.set_password(password)
        user.save(using=self._db)
        return user

This is the entire code. 

        

class UserManager(BaseUserManager):
    def create_user(self, email, password, **kwargs):
        user = self.model(email=self.normalize_email(email), is_active=True, **kwargs)
        user.set_password(password)
        user.save(using=self._db)
        return user
    
    def create_superuser(self, email, password, **kwargs):
        user = self.model(email=email, is_staff=True, is_superuser=True, is_active=True, **kwargs)
        user.set_password(password)
        user.save(using=self._db)
        return user
        

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