I am creating an app that uses a custom user model (with the AbstractBaseUser
method). I have managed to write all the relevant user creation forms and provided a way for the users to log in. However, when I try to create a page that requires information from the current logged in user (an edit account page for example) I am running into trouble.
I have tried various different methods, like request.user
, but none seem to work very well. When I try to use this method I get the TypeError - "'MyUser' object does not support indexing".
I am attaching my model classes for a reference.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
models.py
class MyUserManager(BaseUserManager):
def create_user(self, email, date_of_birth, password=None):
"""
Creates and saves a User with the given email, date of
birth and password.
"""
if not email:
raise ValueError('Users must have an email address')
user = self.model(
email=MyUserManager.normalize_email(email),
date_of_birth=date_of_birth,
)
user.set_password(password)
user.save(using=self._db)
return user
def create_superuser(self, email, date_of_birth, password):
"""
Creates and saves a superuser with the given email, date of
birth and password.
"""
u = self.create_user(email=email,
password=password,
date_of_birth=date_of_birth
)
u.is_admin = True
u.save(using=self._db)
return u
class MyUser(AbstractBaseUser):
email = models.EmailField(
verbose_name='email address',
max_length=255,
unique=True,
)
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=40)
date_of_birth = models.DateField()
course = models.ForeignKey(Course, null=True)
location = models.ForeignKey(Location, null=True)
interests = models.ManyToManyField(Interest, null=True)
bio = models.TextField(blank=True)
is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
is_admin = models.BooleanField(default=False)
objects = MyUserManager()
USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'
REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['date_of_birth']
You shouldn't load user from database. request.user
is all you need. It is the instance of logged MyUser
which is already loaded by auth middleware:
u = request.user