This seems pretty trivial but I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I've checked several SO posts that sounded similar but the issue apparently lies elsewhere.
I have a custom permission on my model, can_key, and this is registered properly. When I try to add this permission to a newly created user, it's not added.
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
def create_dummy_user(self, username):
username = 'dummy_user'
user = get_user_model().objects.create(username=username, password='asdf4321')
user.save()
user = get_user_model().objects.get(username=username)
permission = Permission.objects.get(codename="can_key")
print(permission)
user.user_permissions.add(permission)
user = get_user_model().objects.get(username=username)
print(f"{user.username} is_active - {user.is_active}")
print(f"{user.username} has perm {permission.codename} - {user.has_perm(permission)}")
return user
This is the print outputs
test_web | main_app | record case | Can key record case
test_web | dummy_user is_active - True
test_web | dummy_user has perm can_key - False
So the user was created and the permission exists / is retrieved, but the permission isn't being added. Why?
You should change the parameter of has_perm() function with string. It's format is "app_name.codename". So you change the code like below
...
print(f"{user.username} has perm {permission.codename} - {user.has_perm('main_app.can_key')}")
...
You should review Django's permission caching documentation. click to answer of your question