All you have to do is add the following code to your models.py (or any other
module that gets loaded by django, for that matter):
# models.py
from django.db.models import signals
def create_user_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
if created:
UserProfile.objects.create(user=instance)
signals.post_save.connect(create_user_profile, sender=User)
(assuming your profile model is called UserProfile, of course).
When django loads models.py, it will call that connect() method which in
turn makes create_user_profile get called every time the sender model (User)
is saved (hence the 'post_save').
More on this at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/signals/
Cheers,
André Terra
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Brent <brentba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am having trouble with this line of the tutorial: "You need to
> register a handler for the signal django.db.models.signals.post_save
> on the User model, and, in the handler, if created=True, create the
> associated user profile."
>
> It seems I need to edit the User model. I am confused, though, because
> I am using the User model included in django.contrib, and I am very
> hesitant to edit files that are not in my project directory.
>
> Is this bad design to be using a mix of things I've written on my own,
> and things that were already included in Django? (i.e. should I write
> everything from scratch?)
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Jul 11, 9:54 am, Michał Sawicz <mic...@sawicz.net> wrote:
> > Dnia 2011-07-11, pon o godzinie 09:48 -0700, Brent pisze:
> >
> > > How do I use a foreign key, though? In other words, how do I tell my
> > > code to look at UserProfile rather than just user?
> >
> > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/auth/#storing-additional...
> >
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> > Michał (Saviq) Sawicz <mic...@sawicz.net>
> >
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