Re: [ver. 1.5] Specifying custom User model (extends AbstractUser) doesn't work

[Russell Keith-Magee]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Surya Mukherjee <lords...@gmail.com> wrote:

Django's standard User class isn't sufficient for my needs so I am making my own User class. As per the User Authentication doc page, I am subclassing AbstractUser (not AbstractBaseUser) to add some new stuff.

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from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser

class MyUser(AbstractUser):

        test = 'Hello world'

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Pretty simple so far. In settings.py:

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# Specifies SDBUser as the custom User class for Django to use

AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'app.MyUser'

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But when i try to syncdb, everything breaks:

[root@Surya project]# manage syncdb

CommandError: One or more models did not validate:

app.userprofile: 'user' defines a relation with the model 'auth.User', which has been swapped out. Update the relation to point at settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL.

auth.user: Model has been swapped out for 'app.SDBUser' which has not been installed or is abstract.

django_openid_auth.useropenid: 'user' defines a relation with the model 'auth.User', which has been swapped out. Update the relation to point at settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL.

These error messages are telling you the exact problem. The first and third errors indicate that you have two models causing problems -- a UserProfile in an app called "app", and an UserOpenID model in "django_openid_auth". These models both contain a ForeignKey to User, defined as:

   user = models.ForeignKey(User)

This needs to be updated to point at

   user = models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)

As the error message says -- you need to update the relation to point at settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL.

The second error ("Model has been swapped out…") is a side effect of the fact that you're directly referencing the User model. Once you change the ForieignKey references, this third error will go away.

 

django_openid_auth is a third party OpenID library, but the first two are pure Django and they're still breaking. Wat do?

We've done everything we can to ensure a smooth transition to the new User model, but it can't be completely transparent. App writers will need to update their apps to be 1.5 compatible. Essentially, a Django 1.4 app won't be 100% compatible with Django 1.5 if it contains a hard-coded foreign key reference to User. 

This is discussed both in the release notes [1], and in the documentation of the swappable User feature [2].

[1] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.5/#configurable-user-model

[2] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/#auth-custom-user

Yours,

Russ Magee %-)

[Stephen Anto]

Hi,

You can extend Default Django User model without breaking its architecture. Just visit http://www.f2finterview.com/web/Django/21/ It will explain you in detail.

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Surya Mukherjee <lords...@gmail.com> wrote:

Django's standard User class isn't sufficient for my needs so I am making my own User class. As per the User Authentication doc page, I am subclassing AbstractUser (not AbstractBaseUser) to add some new stuff.

____

from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser

class MyUser(AbstractUser):

        test = 'Hello world'

____

Pretty simple so far. In settings.py:

____

# Specifies SDBUser as the custom User class for Django to use

AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'app.MyUser'

____

But when i try to syncdb, everything breaks:

[root@Surya project]# manage syncdb

CommandError: One or more models did not validate:

app.userprofile: 'user' defines a relation with the model 'auth.User', which has been swapped out. Update the relation to point at settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL.

auth.user: Model has been swapped out for 'app.SDBUser' which has not been installed or is abstract.

django_openid_auth.useropenid: 'user' defines a relation with the model 'auth.User', which has been swapped out. Update the relation to point at settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL.

django_openid_auth is a third party OpenID library, but the first two are pure Django and they're still breaking. Wat do?

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[Russell Keith-Magee]

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Stephen Anto <charvi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,

You can extend Default Django User model without breaking its architecture. Just visit http://www.f2finterview.com/web/Django/21/ It will explain you in detail.

If you're going to give advice, it's probably a good idea to check that your advice is current.

The approach that the original poster has suggested is in no way "breaking the architecture" of Django - it's one of the new features in Django 1.5. 

As a side effect of the changes introduced in 1.5, the API you've suggested (AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE) has been deprecated. It will raise warnings if used in Django 1.5 and 1.6, and be removed completely in Django 1.7. 

Yours,

Russ Magee %-)

[NoviceSortOf]

I've replaced the use of ForeignKey as mentioned above for models.ForeignKey(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL).

But I still get the following syncdb errors.

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CommandError: One or more models did not validate:

admin.logentry: 'user' has a relation with model books.user, which has either not been installed or is abstract.

auth.user: Model has been swapped out for 'books.user' which has not been installed or is abstract.

registration.registrationprofile: 'user' has a relation with model books.user, 

which has either not been installed or is abstract.

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Any advice appreciated.