not sure if related, but the docs suggest to inherit from AbstractUser, not User
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/auth/customizing/ On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Danae Vogiatzi <dvogia...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my django app I have a Myuser(User) class. It inherits the User class. > When a new user is created the Myuser table is poplulated. > > myusers.py > > class Myuser(User): > address = models.CharField(max_length=40) > pobox = models.CharField(max_length=40) > > models.py > > class Someclass(models.Model): > objectid = models.IntegerField() > objecttype = models.CharField(max_length=200) > created = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now) > modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True) > class Someotherclass(Someclass): > status = models.IntegerField(default=0,) > name = models.CharField(max_length=200) > created = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now) > modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True) > user = models.ForeignKey(User) > > forms.py > > class SomeotherclassForm(forms.ModelForm): > > def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): > self.request = kwargs.pop("request") > self.user = kwargs.pop('user') > self.app = kwargs.pop('app') > self.table = kwargs.pop('table') > self.mytype = kwargs.pop('mytype') > initial = kwargs.get('initial', {}) > super(SomeotherclassForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) > > create.py > > class DataCreate(CreateView): > @method_decorator(login_required) > def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs): > #some code here not relevant at all > > def get_form_kwargs(self): > kwargs = super(DataCreate, self).get_form_kwargs() > objectid = self.request.GET.get('objectid',None) > objecttype = self.request.GET.get('objecttype',None) > kwargs.update({'mytype': objecttype}) > kwargs.update({'request': self.request}) > kwargs.update({'user': self.request.user}) > kwargs.update({'app': self.app}) > kwargs.update({'table': self.kwargs['table'].lower()}) > return kwargs > > def form_valid(self, form): > obj = form.save(commit=False) > group = '' > if not self.request.user.is_superuser: > group = MyUser.objects.get(user_ptr_id=self.request.user.pk) > else: > groups = self.request.user.groups.all() > if self.kwargs['table'] == 'Myprotocol': > obj = form.save(commit=False) > table = > eval(self.request.GET.get('objecttype',None).title()).objects.get(pk=int(self.request.GET.get('objectid',None))) > > obj.objectid = table.pk > obj.objecttype = table.__class__.__name__.lower() > obj.user_id = self.request.user.pk > obj.save() > else: > obj = form.save() > if self.request.POST.get('is_popup'): > check = int(self.kwargs['is_list']) > if self.kwargs['table'] == 'Someclass': > popup = 1 > a = checkPopup2(obj,check,popup,obj.pk) > else: > a = checkPopup(obj,check) > > return a > else: > return super(DataCreate, self).form_valid(form) > > > When I have logged in as a regular user ,everything works fine. When I log > in as a superuser, I get form error that objecttype,objectid and user are > not filled. In my attempts to troubleshoot it , I realized that when I am > logged in as a superuser ,it dowsn't reach the form_valid() function. I > can't figure out why that is happening. Any suggestions or advice on how to > troubleshoot it? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/django-users/570196c4-7fd8-45ec-a33f-0713f0639228%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/570196c4-7fd8-45ec-a33f-0713f0639228%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAFWa6tKycjrHL5bOvE2H1wCvsXymO4zCDqCnAJknNOEKcyQV-Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
