How do I prevent fixtures from conflicting with django post_save signal code?

Question

In my application, I want to create entries in certain tables when a new user signs up. For instance, I want to create a userprofile which will then reference their company

Answer 1

This is an old question, but the solution I've found most straightforward is to use the 'raw' argument, passed by load data, and decorate the listener functions, for example:

from functools import wraps


def disable_for_loaddata(signal_handler):
    @wraps(signal_handler)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        if kwargs['raw']:
            print "Skipping signal for %s %s" % (args, kwargs)
            return
        signal_handler(*args, **kwargs)
    return wrapper

and then

@disable_for_loaddata
def callback_create_profile(sender, **kwargs):
    # check if we are creating a new User
    ...