You could use a "pre_save" signal. kwargs['instance'] will contain the updated record and you can get the old record with "User.objects.get(id= user.id) if user.pk else None". I've done this in the past to check for a changed email address.
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Roarster <ianstrachan2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm running a Django 1.4 site and I have some operations I want to perform > if a user changes their password. I'm using the standard contrib.auth user > accounts with the normal password_change view and I'm not sure if I should > somehow hook into this view or if I should use a signal on post_save for > the user. If I do use the signal, is it possible to tell when the password > has been changed? I do feel that if I can use a signal this might be the > best approach since it would handle any other password change mechanisms > that I might add later without any extra work. > > Does anyone have any ideas on the best way to do this? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/yrhcGbYf0f4J. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
