Extra field in the register form

[Martin Weissenboeck]

I want to have an extra field in the register form but not in the auth_user table.

There has been some threads about this topic in the past.

In user.html I have added:

elif request.args(0)=='register':
    form[0].insert(-1, DIV(
         LABEL(T('registercode'),_class="control-label col-sm-3"),
         DIV(
              INPUT(_name='registercode', _placeholder="z.B. xs5trv", _class="form-control string"),
              SPAN(_class="help-block"),
              _class="col-sm-9"),
         _class="form-group"))

pass

=form

​and in db.py there is a simple validation code:

def validate_registercode(form):
    print "reg", form.vars
    if form.vars.registercode!="123":
        form.errors.registercode="*** Error ***"
       
auth.settings.register_onvalidation=[validate_registercode]

​This creates a nice form containing the new field "registercode". auth calls the validate_registercode, but form.vars does not contain the new field "registercode", only the fields last_name, first_name and so on. What is wrong?

And: is there a better way to add a new field together with its classes?

​R

​egards, Martin​

[Massimo Di Pierro]

To add fields to auth forms you have to use

auth.settings.extra_fields['auth_user'] = [ Field(...), Field(...) ]

[Martin Weissenboeck]

Thank you. But this adds extra fields to the table.

I am look for a way to extend only the registration form and to check the input with an onvalidation function.