Django — User Management

User Model

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

# Create user
user = User.objects.create_user('john', 'john@example.com', 'password')

# Get user
user = User.objects.get(username='john')

# Check password
user.check_password('password')

# Set password
user.set_password('newpassword')
user.save()

User Profile

from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class Profile(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    bio = models.TextField(max_length=500, blank=True)
    avatar = models.ImageField(upload_to='avatars/', null=True, blank=True)

Permissions

# Check permissions
user.has_perm('blog.add_post')
user.has_perm('blog.change_post')

# Set permissions
user.user_permissions.add(permission)

# Groups
from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
group = Group.objects.get(name='Editors')
user.groups.add(group)

Custom User Model

from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser

class CustomUser(AbstractUser):
    email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
    bio = models.TextField(max_length=500, blank=True)

Mini Practice

1. Create and manage users
2. Create a user profile
3. Set up permissions
4. Create a custom user model

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