Adding a extra field to user (create user including that field) - django

Question

I want to use an extra field let me distinguish between user roles.
For that, I've overriden the User class:
class User(AbstractUser):
role = models.CharField(max_length=21, blank=False)
I've also put this in settings.py:
AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'shopping.User'
The problem is that I have the new field in my database, but, if I want to create a new user using the admin, it doesn't ask me for the role.
I suppose that I have to override the save method too, but I don't know how.
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I would recommend you to rewrite used Model-Like this and it will much easier and you can add filed like you want
from django.contrib.auth.models import (
AbstractBaseUser,
BaseUserManager,
PermissionsMixin,
)
#You can set here required field for register new user.
class UserManager(BaseUserManager):
def create_user(self, email, username, password=None, **extra_fields):
if not email:
raise ValueError("Users must have an email address")
if not username:
raise ValueError("Users must have a username")
user = self.model(
email=self.normalize_email(email), username=username.lower(), **extra_fields
)
user.set_password(password)
user.save(using=self._db)
return user
def create_superuser(self, email, username, password):
user = self.create_user(email, username, password)
user.is_staff = True
user.is_superuser = True
user.save(using=self._db)
return user
class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
username = models.CharField(max_length=30, unique=True)
email = models.EmailField(max_length=255, unique=True)
fullname = models.CharField(max_length=60, blank=True)
is_active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
is_staff = models.BooleanField(default=False)
date_joined = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
role = models.CharField(max_length=21, blank=False)
objects = UserManager()
USERNAME_FIELD = "username"
REQUIRED_FIELDS = ["email"] #Requiref field set here
AUTH_USER_MODEL = "shopping.User"