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Python

Meicki Jeldal
Meicki Jeldal
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Posted by Meicki Jeldal
Meicki Jeldal
1,446 Points

Django user registration with extra fields from another model? [Help]

So im trying making a user register on my site but the default info Django's creation form asks for isn't enough I would like to get 2 more fields.

A phone number field and a postal code. And they are in a model called Extendeduser.

I've tried a lot of things but im feeling im getting closer every second just need the last bit of help =)

So far I've made 2 forms. One with the user creation and one with the other two fields. (Please note that there are many more fields in the Extendeduser model. but this is the only 2 that is required for registration)

Forms.py

from django import forms
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from .models import ExtendedUser

class RegisterForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ('username','first_name', 'last_name', 'email')

class ExtendedRegisterForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = ExtendedUser
        fields = ('phone_number', 'postal_code')

I've now been trying to display and saving the form but it seems it doesn't want to do that.

Views.py

def register(request):
    if request.method == 'POST':
        register_form = RegisterForm(request.POST, instance=request.user)
        extendedregister_form = ExtendedRegisterForm(request.POST, instance=request.user.profile)
        if register_form.is_valid() and extendedregister_form.is_valid():
            register_form.save()
            extendedregister_form.save()
            return redirect('index')
    else:
        register_form = RegisterForm(instance=request.user)
        extendedregister_form = ExtendedRegisterForm(instance=request.user.ExtendedUser)
    return render(request, 'register.html', {
        'register_form': register_form,
        'extendedregister_form': extendedregister_form
    })

And the error I get is this 'AnonymousUser' object has no attribute '_meta'

So I hope there is a kindly soul that would like to help me in this troubled issue. Also thanks for the help in advance.