Setting password for user model in the admin page - django

Question

I created a custom User model with multiple roles customers, and employees, where employees also are in different roles: Drivers and administration.
I extended AbstractBaseUser model class to set a customized user model as this:
class UserAccountManager(BaseUserManager):
def create_superuser(self, email, first_name, last_name, password, **other_fields):
other_fields.setdefault("is_staff", True)
other_fields.setdefault("is_superuser", True)
other_fields.setdefault("is_active", True)
other_fields.setdefault("is_driver", True)
other_fields.setdefault("is_customer", True)
other_fields.setdefault("is_responsable", True)
if other_fields.get("is_staff") is not True:
raise ValueError(_("Superuser must be assigned to is_staff."))
if other_fields.get("is_superuser") is not True:
raise ValueError(_("Superuser must be assigned to is_superuser."))
return self.create_user(email, first_name, last_name, password, **other_fields)
def create_user(self, email, first_name, last_name, password, **other_fields):
if not email:
raise ValueError(_("You must provide an email address"))
email = self.normalize_email(email)
user = self.model(email=email, first_name=first_name, last_name=last_name, **other_fields)
user.set_password(password)
user.save()
return user
class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
email = models.EmailField(_("Email Address"), unique=True)
first_name = models.CharField(_("First Name"), max_length=150, unique=True)
last_name = models.CharField(_("Last Name"), max_length=150, unique=True)
mobile = models.CharField(_("Mobile Number"), max_length=150, blank=True)
is_active = models.BooleanField(_("Is Active"), default=False)
is_staff = models.BooleanField(_("Is Staff"), default=False)
is_driver = models.BooleanField(_("Is Driver"), default=False)
is_responsable = models.BooleanField(_("Is Responsable"), default=False)
is_customer = models.BooleanField(_("Is Customer"), default=False)
created_at = models.DateTimeField(_("Created at"), auto_now_add=True, editable=False)
updated_at = models.DateTimeField(_("Updated at"), auto_now=True)
objects = UserAccountManager()
USERNAME_FIELD = "email"
REQUIRED_FIELDS = ["first_name", "last_name"]
class Meta:
verbose_name = "Account"
verbose_name_plural = "Accounts"
def __str__(self):
return self.first_name
and I created two types of models the extend this model which represent each on a different role and inherit from User model:
class Employee(User):
registration_number = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(_("Driver Registration Number"), unique=True)
picture = models.ImageField(
verbose_name=_("Driver Pic"), help_text=_("Driver Identity Picture"), upload_to="images/driver/"
)
birth_date = models.DateField(_("Date Birth of the Driver"))
city_id = models.ForeignKey("City", blank=True, null=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
bank_id = models.ForeignKey("Bank", blank=True, null=True, on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
class Meta:
verbose_name = "Employee"
verbose_name_plural = "Employees"
def __str__(self):
return self.first_name + " " + self.last_name
class Customer(User):
company_name = models.CharField(_("Company Name"), max_length=150, unique=True)
website = models.CharField(_("Company website"), max_length=150, unique=True)
mobile_2 = models.CharField(_("Mobile Number"), max_length=150, blank=True)
class Meta:
verbose_name = "Customer"
verbose_name_plural = "Customers"
def __str__(self):
return self.first_name + " " + self.last_name
I want to register the models in the admin.py:
#admin.register(User)
class UserAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
pass
admin.site.register(Customer)
admin.site.register(Employee)
the problem is that, when I try to add a user from the admin page, I can't set a password for this user, I have a password field that appear when I want to add a new user in any model, but the field seems to be as any normal InputText, the password is visible when it's tapped, and no password is registered in the database.
I would like to add two type of Employee in the model.py :
class Responsable(Employee):
responsability_type = models.CharField(max_length=4, blank=True)
class Meta:
verbose_name = "Responsable"
verbose_name_plural = "Responsables"
def __str__(self):
return self.first_name + " " + self.last_name
class Driver(Employee):
driving_licence = models.ImageField(
verbose_name=_("Driver Licence"), help_text=_("Driver Licence Picture"), upload_to="images/driver_licence/"
)
driver_licence_expiration_date = models.DateField(_("Expiration Date for Driver Licence"))
class Meta:
verbose_name = "Driver"
verbose_name_plural = "Drivers"
def __str__(self):
return self.first_name + " " + self.last_name
I don't know if it's a good idea to design this models for this kind of roles, I want to avoid getting multiple tables with passwords stored in it.

Answer 1

Don' t use model inheritance like that, especially for the custom User model. Creates a unique model that inherits from AbstractBaseUser, that contains the type of the user and that contains all the fields that you have declared in your current tables:
class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
class UserTypes(Enum):
customer = ('cu', 'Customer')
responsable = ('re', 'Responsable')
driver = ('dr', 'Driver')
#classmethod
def get_value(cls, member):
return cls[member].value[0]
user_type = models.CharField(max_length=2, choices=[x.value for x in UserTypes])
# Insert fields that are in common between all user types, for example:
email = models.EmailField(_("Email Address"), unique=True)
# Insert fields that could be None depending on the user type, for example:
company_name = models.CharField(_("Company Name"), max_length=150, unique=True, null=True, blank=True)
Then add this in your settings:
AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'yourappname.User'
Your ModelAdmin for managing users should inherit from UserAdmin to allow password management:
#admin.register(User)
class UserAdmin(UserAdmin):
fieldsets = ((None, {'fields': ('email', 'password', 'user_type', 'company_name')})) # Other fields showed when updating an user
add_fieldsets = ((None, {'fields': ('email', 'password', 'user_type', 'company_name')})) # Other fields showed when creating an user