django custom user can't set attribute error - django

Question

I followed CodingEntrepreneurs tutorial on Custom Users and extended it to have 3 types of users: school, parent and vendor.
I have created view, form for each type of user.
In forms.py I have
class ParentSignUpForm(forms.ModelForm):
"""A form for creating new users. Includes all the required
fields, plus a repeated password."""
password1 = forms.CharField(label='Password', widget=forms.PasswordInput)
password2 = forms.CharField(label='Password confirmation', widget=forms.PasswordInput)
class Meta():
model = User
fields = ('email', )
def clean_password2(self):
# Check that the two password entries match
password1 = self.cleaned_data.get("password1")
password2 = self.cleaned_data.get("password2")
if password1 and password2 and password1 != password2:
raise forms.ValidationError("Passwords don't match")
return password2
def save(self, commit=True):
user = super(ParentSignUpForm, self).save(commit=False)
user.set_password(self.cleaned_data["password1"])
if commit:
user.is_parent = True
user.save()
return user
I try to change is_parent attribute from False to True. However, error is:
File "/home/azamat/dev/dj_test/src/accounts/forms.py", line 137, in save
user.is_parent = True
AttributeError: can't set attribute
How to solve this issue? Or any better way to save users with different types?
UPDATE:
from django.contrib.auth.models import (
AbstractBaseUser, BaseUserManager
)
class UserManager(BaseUserManager):
def create_user(self, email, password=None, is_staff=False, is_admin=False, is_active=True, is_parent=False, is_school=False, is_vendor=False):
if not email:
raise ValueError("Users must have an email address")
if not password:
raise ValueError("Users must have a password")
user_obj = self.model(
email = self.normalize_email(email)
)
user_obj.set_password(password) # change user password
user_obj.parent = is_parent
user_obj.school = is_school
user_obj.vendor = is_vendor
user_obj.active = is_active
user_obj.staff = is_staff
user_obj.admin = is_admin
user_obj.save(using=self._db)
return user_obj
def create_parentuser(self, email, password=None):
user = self.create_user(
email,
password=password,
is_parent=True
)
return user
def create_schooluser(self, email, password=None):
user = self.create_user(
email,
password=password,
is_school=True
)
return user
def create_vendoruser(self, email, password=None):
user = self.create_user(
email,
password=password,
is_vendor=True
)
return user
def create_staffuser(self, email, password=None):
user = self.create_user(
email,
password=password,
is_staff=True
)
return user
def create_superuser(self, email, password=None):
user = self.create_user(
email,
password=password,
is_staff=True,
is_admin=True,
)
return user
class User(AbstractBaseUser):
email = models.EmailField(max_length=255, unique=True)
active = models.BooleanField(default=True) # can login
parent = models.BooleanField(default=False) # parent user
school = models.BooleanField(default=False) # school admin user
vendor = models.BooleanField(default=False) # vendor user
staff = models.BooleanField(default=False) # staff user non superuser
admin = models.BooleanField(default=False) # superuser
timestamp = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
USERNAME_FIELD = 'email' #username
objects = UserManager()
def __str__(self):
return self.email
def get_full_name(self):
return self.email
def get_short_name(self):
return self.email
def has_perm(self, perm, obj=None):
return True
def has_module_perms(self, app_label):
return True
#property
def is_parent(self):
return self.parent
#property
def is_school(self):
return self.school
#property
def is_vendor(self):
return self.is_vendor
#property
def is_active(self):
return self.active
#property
def is_staff(self):
return self.staff
#property
def is_admin(self):
return self.admin

Answer 1

How I solved it:
I have added REQUIRED_FIELDS = ['parent', 'school', 'vendor' ] to my model.py So now on my registration page, I have 3 check buttons where I can select a needed type of user.
In forms.py I left only RegisterForm and deleted register forms for my 3 user types
class RegisterForm(forms.ModelForm):
password1 = forms.CharField(label='Password', widget=forms.PasswordInput)
password2 = forms.CharField(label='Password confirmation', widget=forms.PasswordInput)
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ('email', **'parent', 'school', 'vendor'**) #'added 3 fields',)
def clean_password2(self):
# Check that the two password entries match
password1 = self.cleaned_data.get("password1")
password2 = self.cleaned_data.get("password2")
if password1 and password2 and password1 != password2:
raise forms.ValidationError("Passwords don't match")
return password2
def save(self, commit=True):
# Save the provided password in hashed format
user = super(RegisterForm, self).save(commit=False)
user.set_password(self.cleaned_data["password1"])
# user.active = False # send confirmation email
if commit:
user.save()
return user