Pls read option no 4 https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2016/07/22/how-to-extend-django-user-model.html
Regards, Chetan Ganji +91-900-483-4183 ganji.che...@gmail.com http://ryucoder.in On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 12:30 AM Duke Dougal <dukedou...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django REST framework" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-rest-framework+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-rest-framework/9ecb925a-9eb4-4075-88b3-fa15046692bdn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-rest-framework/9ecb925a-9eb4-4075-88b3-fa15046692bdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django REST framework" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-rest-framework+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-rest-framework/CAMKMUjsbHKAet7zkXHTADyV_R_VZmZqCsEf4H1MZ1XicrjEbpA%40mail.gmail.com.
