Django REST overrride destroy method to make user inactive - django

Question

I'm trying to first access the users table via the user foreign key present in userinformations models and later override the RetriveUpdateDestroy API view's destroy method to change the status of the user to inactive instead of deleting them. I can't seem to access the is-active field of the in built User database.
views.py
class UserUpdateApiView(RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
queryset = UserInformation.objects.all()
serializer_class = UserInformationUpdateSerializer
lookup_field = 'pk'
lookup_url_kwarg = 'id'
def destroy(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
try:
user = User.objects.get(pk=self.kwargs["id"])
deleteStatusVal = False
user.is_active = deleteStatusVal
user.save()
return Response(UserSerializer(user).data)
except:
return Response("Nope")
serializers.py
class UserSerializer(ModelSerializer):
password = serializers.CharField(style={'input_type': 'password'}, write_only=True)
email = serializers.EmailField(validators=[required])
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ['username', 'email', 'password', 'is_active']
extra_kwargs = {'password': {'write_only': True},
'is_active': {'read_only': True}}
def validate(self, data):
email = data.get('email', None)
user = User.objects.filter(email=email).distinct()
if user.exists():
raise ValidationError("That email is already registered!")
return data
class UserInformationUpdateSerializer(ModelSerializer):
user = UserSerializer(read_only=True)
class Meta:
model = UserInformation
fields = ['user', 'first_name', 'middle_name', 'last_name', 'phone', 'date_of_birth']
models.py
class UserInformation(BaseModel):
user = models.OneToOneField(User, related_name='user_id')
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=45)
middle_name = models.CharField(max_length=45, null=True)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=45)
vendor = models.BooleanField(default=False)
phone = models.CharField(max_length=100, validators=[
RegexValidator(regex=r'^\+?8801?\d{9}$', message="Phone number must be entered in the format: '+8801*********'")
], blank=False, unique=True)
date_of_birth = models.DateField()
confirmation_token = models.CharField(max_length=45, null=True)
confirmation_exp = models.DateTimeField(null=True)
pw_reminder_token = models.CharField(max_length=45, null=True)
pw_reminder_exp = models.DateTimeField(null=True)
profile_pic = models.ImageField(blank=True, null=True, upload_to='profile_images/', default='Images/none/no_images.jpg')
cover_photo = models.ImageField(blank=True, null=True, upload_to='cover_images/', default='Images/none/no_images.jpg')
thumbnail_pic = models.ImageField(blank=True, null=True, upload_to='thumbnail_images/', default='Images/none/no_images.jpg')
phone_verified = models.BooleanField(default=False)
email_verified = models.BooleanField(default=False)
reward_points = models.IntegerField(null=False)
ref_code = models.CharField(null=True, max_length=10)
def __str__(self):
return self.user.username
def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.user.delete()
super(UserInformation, self).delete(*args, **kwargs)

Answer 1

If you want to make User as in active while keeping the UserInformation object and Userobject un-deleted in database, you can do something like this:
def destroy(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
user = self.get_object().user
user.is_active = False
user.save()
return Response(UserInformationUpdateSerializer(self.get_object()).data)

Answer 2

You have 'is_active': {'read_only': True}}.
Also,
# this seems redundant
def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
self.user.delete()
super(UserInformation, self).delete(*args, **kwargs)