Django Creating a Custom User with the Django Rest Framework

Question

I\'m trying to create a custom user using the Django Rest Framework. I got it to the point to where I can create a regular user, but I\'m unsure on how to extend it to the c

Answer 1

You can do it two ways, either by creating a profile Serializer or without it. With Serializer,

class UserProfileSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    languages = serializers.ListField(child=serializers.CharField(max_length=30, allow_blank=True))

    class Meta:
        model = UserProfile
        fields = ('languages',)

class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    password = serializers.CharField(write_only=True)
    userprofile = UserProfileSerializer(required=False)

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'username', 'password', 'userprofile')


    def create(self, validated_data, instance=None):
        profile_data = validated_data.pop('userprofile')
        user = User.objects.create(**validated_data)
        user.set_password(validated_data['password'])
        user.save()
        UserProfile.objects.update_or_create(user=user,**profile_data)
        return user

without a profile serializer

class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    password = serializers.CharField(write_only=True)
    languages = serializers.ListField(child=serializers.CharField(max_length=30, allow_blank=True), source="userprofile.languages")

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ('first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'username', 'password', 'lanugages')


    def create(self, validated_data, instance=None):
        profile_data = validated_data.pop('userprofile')
        user = User.objects.create(**validated_data)
        user.set_password(validated_data['password'])
        user.save()
        UserProfile.objects.update_or_create(user=user,**profile_data)
        return user