This works, but is the result of many hours googling and voodoo programming.
It is a serializer that creates a user and at the same time accepts an
additional field (personname) that is stored in the user's connected
Profile.
Although I have managed to make it work, it feels like I have hacked to
make it work - a nasty solution.
For some reason I had to add the get_personname method to the class -
without it I got an error saying this method was missing.
I also had to get the value for the personname field out of
self.initial_data['personname'] which also seems hacky.
Is there a better, cleaner, more idiomatic way to create a user and at the
same time add fields to their profile?
I'm using Django REST framework 3.11
class UserCreateSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
email = serializers.EmailField()
personname = serializers.SerializerMethodField(method_name=None)
def get_personname(self, value):
return self.initial_data['personname']
def validate_email(self, value):
lower_email = value.lower()
if User.objects.filter(email__iexact=lower_email).exists():
raise serializers.ValidationError("An account exists with that
email")
return lower_email
def validate_username(self, value):
username_lower = value.lower()
if User.objects.filter(username__iexact=username_lower).exists():
raise serializers.ValidationError("That username is taken")
return username_lower
class Meta(dj_UserCreateSerializer.Meta):
model = User
fields = ('email', 'username', 'password', 'personname')
def create(self, validated_data):
user = User.objects.create(
username=validated_data.get('username'),
email=validated_data.get('email'),
password=validated_data.get('password')
)
user.set_password(validated_data.get('password'))
user.save()
user.profile.personname=self.initial_data['personname']
user.save()
return user
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