Users not writing to database (Postgresql) - django

Question

When I create a user with my custom user model I cannot sign in. It just keeps telling me Please enter a correct email and password. Note that both fields may be case-sensitive. I thought I should check if I can see my test user in the db. I know only staff accounts can login to the admin but I'm using a different login form.
If I'm not mistaken it looks like there aren't any users in my database.
myproject=# \dt accounts_user
List of relations
Schema | Name | Type | Owner
--------+---------------+-------+------------------
public | accounts_user | table | myprojectuser
(1 row)
Here's my user model:
from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import (
AbstractBaseUser,
BaseUserManager,
PermissionsMixin,
)
# Create your models here.
class UserManager(BaseUserManager):
def create_user(self, email, first_name, last_name, company, phone, is_active=True, is_admin=False, is_staff=False, is_dealer=False, password=None):
if not email:
raise ValueError("Users must have an email address")
if not password:
raise ValueError("Users must have a password")
if not first_name:
raise ValueError("Users must have a first name")
if not last_name:
raise ValueError("Users must have a last name")
if not company:
raise ValueError("Users must have a company")
if not phone:
raise ValueError("Users must have a phone number")
user_obj = self.model(
email = self.normalize_email(email)
)
user_obj.set_password(password)
user_obj.first_name = first_name
user_obj.last_name = last_name
user_obj.company = company
user_obj.phone = phone
user_obj.admin = is_admin
user_obj.staff = is_staff
user_obj.dealer = is_dealer
user_obj.active = is_active
user_obj.save(using=self._db)
return user_obj
def create_superuser(self, email, first_name, last_name, company, phone, password=None):
user = self.create_user(
email,
first_name,
last_name,
company,
phone,
password=password,
is_admin=True,
is_staff=True
)
return user
Perhaps there's something wrong in my admin.py?
from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
# Register your models here.
User = get_user_model()
admin.site.register(User)
Hopefully someone can help me as I'm really stuck here.

Answer 1

I'm not 100% sure why your issue arises (considered you enterer it in the correct format), but this should give you a basic working solution to build upon:
forms.py
from django.forms import ModelForm
from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm
from django import forms
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
# Adjusting the default UserCreationForm
class CreateUserForm(UserCreationForm):
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ['username', 'email', 'password1', 'password2', # etc.]
admin.py
from django.contrib import admin
from .models import User
admin.site.register(User)
models.py
from django.contrib.auth.models import PermissionsMixin
from django.contrib.auth.base_user import AbstractBaseUser
# Inherit from AbstractBaseUser to extend User Model
class User(AbstractBaseUser):
email = models.EmailField(max_length=255, unique=True)
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
company = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
phone = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
active = models.BooleanField(default=True) # can login
online = models.BooleanField(default=False)
admin = models.BooleanField(default=False)
staff = models.BooleanField(default=False)
dealer = models.BooleanField(default=False)
timestamp = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
Also I am not sure which tutorial (this?) you followed, but personally I don't have models both in models.py and admin.py.
Login extension - views.py
# function for login logic
def loginPage(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
# get input values
username = request.POST.get('username')
password = request.POST.get('password')
# check if user has account in db
user = authenticate(request, username=username, password=password)
if user is not None:
login(request, user)
return redirect('render_calculator')
context = {}
return render(request, 'login.html', context)
def registerPage(request):
# define the form, in this case Djangos default UserCreation
form = CreateUserForm()
# check if form inputs are valid after submitting, the save 'post' user
if request.method == 'POST':
form = CreateUserForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
# Save User to db
form.save()
# get input values
username = request.POST.get('username')
password = request.POST.get('password')
email = request.POST.get('email')
return redirect('render_login')
context = {'form': form}
return render(request, 'register.html', context)
login.html
<form method="post" action="">
{% csrf_token %}
<div class="formFieldLoginContainer">
<input type="text" name="username" placeholder="username">
<input type="password" name="password" placeholder="password">
</div>
<input type="submit" id="loginSubmitButton" name="Login User" value="Login">
<div id="noAccountDiv"> Don't have an account yet?
Sign Up
</div>
</form>
register.html
<form method="post" action="">
{% csrf_token %}
<!-- loop form object and create div for each form field included -->
{% for field in form %}
<div class="formFieldContainer">
<div class="registerLabel">{{field.label}}</div>
<div class="registerField">{{field}}</div>
</div>
{% endfor %}
<!-- render possible input form errors -->
{{form.errors}}
<input type="submit" id="submitButton" name="Create User" value="Register">
<div id="alreadyAccountDiv"> Already have an account?
Login
</div>
</form>
ulrs.py
urlpatterns = [
path('login/', views.loginPage, name='render_login'),
path('logout/', views.logout_view),
path('email/', include(mail_urls)),
path('password/', views.change_password, name='change_password'),
]