##This is one approach.
You can have a single user profile and a number of other users tied to
the user profile via ForeignKey.
class UserProfile(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
#define general fields
class Freelancer(models.Model):
profile = models.ForeignKey(UserProfile)
#freelancer specific fields
class Meta:
db_table = 'freelancer'
class Customers(models.Model):
profile = models.ForeignKey(UserProfile)
#customer specific fields
class Meta:
db_table = 'customer'
Another approach(which i don't think is the best) would be to have a single
UserProfile but with a table that identifies the type of user you have.
Something like this:
class UserProfile(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(User)
description = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='')
country = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='')
website = models.URLField(default='')
phone = models.IntegerField(default=0)
##The user type would be boolean and 0 by default. 0 could be a
freelancer and 1 a Customer or the other way round.
##So, based on the type of user you're creating, you could just
set a new value for user_type.
user_type = models.BooleanField(default=0)
###This method would come in handy if both users have exactly the same features.
###But I'd rather go with the first method.
On Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Focus Ifeanyi <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am new to Django and trying to create an App with two User Types
> (Freelancers and Customers). I understand how to create a User profile
> Class and it works well for me:
>
> class UserProfile(models.Model):
> user = models.OneToOneField(User)
> description = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='')
> country = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='')
> website = models.URLField(default='')
> phone = models.IntegerField(default=0)
> def create_profile(sender, **kwargs):
> if kwargs['created']:
> user_profile = UserProfile.objects.create(user=kwargs['instance'])
>
>
> post_save.connect(create_profile, sender=User)
>
> This works well for me on a one user type user. But now I am building an
> app with 2 types of users (freelancers and customers), what is the best
> approach to get this done. Both users will have different view and info.
> Should I:
>
> - Create 2 different apps, and repeat the normal registeration and
> login for each.
> - If I do the above, hope the freelancers when logged in won't access
> customers view.
> - How do I add user type to the user profile if I decide to use one
> app and model for it. Please I need a step by step beginner approach, or a
> link to relevant source. Thanks.
>
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