I was trying to create a new user with create_user but its not working - django-views

Question

This is a registration page function
def register(request):
if request.method=="POST":
username= request.POST['username']
email= request.POST['email']
password= request.POST['password']
password2= request.POST['password2']
if password == password2:
if User.objects.filter(email=email).exists():
messages.info(request,'Email Already Used')
return redirect('register')
elif User.objects.filter(username=username).exists():
messages.info(request,'Username Already Used')
return redirect('register')
else:
user=User.objects.create_user(username=username,email=email,password=password2) #create_user not working
user.save()
return redirect('login')
else:
messages.info(request,'password not same')
return redirect('register')
else:
return render(request,'register.html')
this is the register.html file
<h1>SIGN UP HERE</h1>
<style>
h5 {
color: red
}
</style>
{% for message in massages %}
<h5>{{message}}</h5>
{% endfor %}
<form method="POST" action="register">
{% csrf_token %}
<p>Username(admission number):</p>
<input type="text" name="username" />
<P>Email</P>
<input type="email" name="email" />
<p>Password:</p>
<input type="password" name="password" />
<p>Repeat password</p>
<input type="password" name="password2" /><br>
<input type="submit" />
</form>
I have imported User model for create_user method
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
but its not working

Answer 1

I don't know why you would want to create a function-based view for User creation. A much simpler way to do this is to build a class-based view using django's User model:
from users.models import User
from .forms import RegisterForm
from django.views import generic
class UserRegistration(generic.CreateView):
form_class = RegisterForm
template_name = 'register.html'
success_url = reverse_lazy('home')
In your forms.py file (in whichever app you are creating the users) you add the RegisterForm:
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django import forms
from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm
class RegisterForm(UserCreationForm):
email = forms.EmailField()
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ('username', 'email', 'password1', 'password2')
username, password1, and password2 are already built in fields for django Users, so it's already done for you.
Then in your register.html file all you need is to add the from:
<h1>SIGN UP HERE</h1>
<style>
h5 {
color: red
}
</style>
{% for message in massages %}
<h5>{{message}}</h5>
{% endfor %}
<form method="POST" action="register">
{% csrf_token %}
{{form.as_p}}
</form>
{{form.as_p}} renders all the fields in the order they appear in in your RegisterForm.