How can I save the username in the database as an email?>
I want a signup page with 3 fields (email, password and repeat password). My goal is that when the user enters the email address, it is also saved in the database as a username. I would be super happy if someone could help me, I've been sitting for x hours trying to solve this problem. Thanks very much!
model.py
class Profile(models.Model):
user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
email_confirmed = models.BooleanField(default=False)
@receiver(post_save, sender=User)
def update_user_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
if created:
Profile.objects.create(user=instance)
instance.profile.save()
forms.py
class CreateUserForm(UserCreationForm):
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ['username', 'email', 'password1', 'password2']
# Sign Up Form
class SignUpForm(UserCreationForm):
# first_name = forms.CharField(max_length=30, required=False, help_text='Optional')
# last_name = forms.CharField(max_length=30, required=False, help_text='Optional')
email = forms.EmailField(max_length=254, help_text='Enter a valid email address')
class Meta:
model = User
fields = [
'username',
'password1',
'password2',
]
views.py
from django.contrib import messages
from django.contrib.auth.models import Group
from django.contrib.sites.shortcuts import get_current_site
from django.utils.encoding import force_bytes
from django.utils.http import urlsafe_base64_encode
from django.template.loader import render_to_string
from .token import AccountActivationTokenGenerator, account_activation_token
from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
from .forms import *
from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login, logout
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model, login
from django.utils.http import urlsafe_base64_decode
from django.views.generic import View, UpdateView
from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
from .decorators import *
from django.urls import reverse_lazy
from django.utils.encoding import force_str
@unauthenticatedUser
def Example_login(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
email = request.POST.get('email')
password = request.POST.get('password')
user = authenticate(request, username=email, password=password)
if user is not None:
login(request, user)
return redirect('Example_dashboard')
else:
messages.info(request, 'Username OR password is incorrecct')
context = {}
return render(request, 'accounds/templates/Example_login.html', context)
def reset_passwrd(request):
return render(request, "reset_password.html")
@login_required(login_url='login')
def Example_dashboard(request):
form = MembersForm()
current_user = request.user
name = current_user.username.split(".")[0]
context = {'form': form, "cunrrent_user": name}
return render(request, 'example_dashboard.html', context)
def Login(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
email = request.POST.get('Benutzername')
password = request.POST.get('Passwort')
user = authenticate(request, username=email, password=password)
if user is not None:
login(request, user)
return redirect('Example_dashboard')
else:
messages.info(request, 'Username OR password is incorrecct')
return render(request, "login.html")
def logoutUser(request):
logout(request)
return redirect('login')
def registrierung(request):
return render(request, "registrierung.html")
@unauthenticatedUser
def Example_register(request):
form = CreateUserForm()
if request.method == 'POST':
form = CreateUserForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
user = form.save()
#username = form.cleaned_data.get('usernname')
group = Group.objects.get(name='studends')
user.groups.add(group)
messages.success(request, 'Account was created' )
return redirect('login')
contex = {'form' : form}
return render(request, 'exampl_register.html',contex)
# Sign Up View
class SignUpView(View):
form_class = SignUpForm
template_name = 'signup.html'
def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
form = self.form_class()
return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
form = self.form_class(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
user = form.save(commit=False)
user.is_active = False # Deactivate account till it is confirmed
user.save()
current_site = get_current_site(request)
subject = 'Activate Your MySite Account'
message = render_to_string('account_activation_email.html', {
'user': user,
'domain': current_site.domain,
'uid': urlsafe_base64_encode(force_bytes(user.pk)),
'token': account_activation_token.make_token(user),
})
user.email_user(subject, message)
messages.success(request, ('Please Confirm your email to complete registration.'))
return redirect('login')
return render(request, self.template_name, {'form': form})
class ActivateAccount(View):
def get(self, request, uidb64, token, *args, **kwargs):
try:
uid = force_str(urlsafe_base64_decode(uidb64))
user = User.objects.get(pk=uid)
except (TypeError, ValueError, OverflowError, User.DoesNotExist):
user = None
if user is not None and account_activation_token.check_token(user, token):
user.is_active = True
user.profile.email_confirmed = True
user.save()
login(request, user)
messages.success(request, ('Your account have been confirmed.'))
return redirect('login')
else:
messages.warning(request, ('The confirmation link was invalid, possibly because it has already been used.'))
return redirect('login')
I Need your help
If you want to use email instead of the default username, you have to overwrite the default User model with the custom one
from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin
class User(AbstractBaseUser, PermissionsMixin):
# Use the email for logging in
email = models.EmailField(max_length=254, unique=True)
USERNAME_FIELD = 'email'