Best way to add convenience methods to a Django Auth User model?

Question

I want to add a convenience/model method to the django.contrib.auth.models.User model. What is the best practice for doing this since, last time I checked, ext

Answer 1

if you want to add custom methods to the User model, I would recommend monkey_patching:

create a file monkey_patching.py in any of your apps::

#app/monkey_patching.py
from django.contrib.auth.models import User 

def get_user_name(self):
    if self.first_name or self.last_name:
        return self.first_name + " " + self.last_name
    return self.username

User.add_to_class("get_user_name",get_user_name)

and import it in app's __init__.py file. ie::

#app/__init__.py
import monkey_patching