user profile in Django

[Samir Areh]

Hello

I'm new to django. i want to create a user profile. I want to know the best way to do this. thanks 

[sum abiut]

You can use the user model, do something like that

class user_register(models.Model):
      user = models.OneToOneField(User,on_delete=models.CASCADE)
      join_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)

To view the user profile, you can do something like this.

def user_profile(request, username):
    user = User.objects.get(username=username)
    context = {
       "user": user
    }


    return render(request, 'profile.html', context)

profile.html

{{user.username}}

{{user.first_name}}

On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 2:43 AM Samir Areh <samreho...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello

I'm new to django. i want to create a user profile. I want to know the best way to do this. thanks 

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[Abdoulaye Koumaré]

If you're new the best way to create a profile is by using django signals you'll get more information about that at https://simpleisbetterthancomplex.com/tutorial/2016/07/22/how-to-extend-django-user-model.html .

[Kelvin Sajere]

I suggest that you use the AbstractUser model that django officially recommends. 

from django.contrib.auth.models AbstractUser

class User(AbstractUser):

    age : models.IntegerField(default=0)

    is_student : models.BooleanField(default=False)

    # extra profile information 

Then also make sure in your settings file you point your auth model to this class

AUTH_USER_MODEL = ‘app_name.User’

This is the safest and easiest way build profiles. You can equally use the AbstractBaseUser model if you need some more flexibility, but for most use case, the AbstractUser model would do.

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