trying to create allauth SignupForm subclass for customization....

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Alexander Joseph

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Aug 28, 2017, 11:13:31 PM8/28/17
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Hello, I'm trying to add some additional fields to the allauth signup form (first_name and last_name). I'm thinking the best way to do this is to create a allauth SignupForm subclass and add my own fields (very new to django so please let me know if I'm going about this wrong)

I added

ACCOUNT_SIGNUP_FORM_CLASS = 'accounts.forms.UserCreateForm'

to my base settings file


and here is my accounts.forms.py...

from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from allauth.account.forms import SignupForm
from django import forms


class UserCreateForm(SignupForm):
    class Meta:
        fields = ("first_name", "last_name", "email", "username", "password1", "password2")
        model = get_user_model()
        
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields["first_name"].label = ''
        self.fields["first_name"].widget.attrs["placeholder"] = "First Name"
        self.fields["last_name"].label = ''
        self.fields["last_name"].widget.attrs["placeholder"] = "Last Name"
        self.fields["email"].label = ''
        self.fields["email"].widget.attrs["placeholder"] = "Email"
        self.fields["username"].label = ''
        self.fields["username"].widget.attrs["placeholder"] = "Username"
        self.fields["password1"].label = ''
        self.fields["password1"].widget.attrs["placeholder"] = "Password"
        self.fields["password2"].label = ''
        self.fields["password2"].widget.attrs["placeholder"] = "Confirm Password"



for some reason I keep getting the error ...

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error importing form class accounts.forms: "cannot import name 'SignupForm'"

Not sure why. Obviously there is a SignupForm in allauth.account.forms.py, seen here... 

I dont know what I'm doing wrong. Any help you can give is much appreciated

Melvyn Sopacua

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Aug 31, 2017, 11:44:59 AM8/31/17
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The answer lies in the fact that you are getting a Django configuration exception and not an ImportError.



So, there is an import loop / inheritance problem: Allauth's SignupForm makes itself a child of your custom form and you're trying to become it's child.


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Thanks Melvyn!

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