profile pictures for users in Django

Question

Django has the built-in form called UserCreatioonForm for creating users. It has some fields like First and Last Name, Email, etc. But is it actually possible to have a field for uploading images which will be used as profile pictures for the user?

I tried to read about additional input fields on djangoproject.com/docs, but it was rather cryptic.

Answer 1

No, Django does not have a field for profile pictures. What you will do is you create a model that has a one to one relation with the User model and then you can use the image to you saved in that model.

models.py

from django.contrib.auth.models import User 
class Profile(models.Model): 
    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE) 
    avatar = models.ImageField(upload_to='profile_pics', null=True, 
             blank=True)
    def __str__(self):
        return self.user.username

views.py -> uploading and updating profile

from .models import Profile
from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404
def upload_avatar(request):
    profile = get_object_or_404(Profile, user=request.user)
    if request.method == 'POST':
        profile.avatar = request.FILES.get('avatar')
        profile.save()
    return redirect(request.META.get('HTTP_REFERER'))

profile.html

{% if request.user.profile.avatar %} 
<img  src="{{ request.user.profile.avatar.url }}" alt=" avatar-picture">
{% endif %}

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