how to extend/override UserManager

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Am on Django 1.6

In my app I'd like to have a User object and a separate profile object. I'd like to avoid implementing a custom User object and instead just use a one-to-one relation to a model that has all the additional fields/info I want.

Whenever I do a query on a User object, 90% of the time I will want to retrieve this profile object. My thinking is that the best way to do this is to modify the get_queryset method of the default UserManager to always retrieve this related object via a "select_related" call.

Is there a way to do this?

Searching around this is the only resource i could find on the topic.
Override Django User Manager to only return active users in queries
Do I need to do it this way? Can I instead just somehow use the base User object?

Thanks in advance.

90% is still not 100%. Use select_related only when needed, not as default — yuvi
– yuvi, Commented Jan 10, 2014 at 7:52

niekas · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-10 09:43:22Z

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Since Django 1.5 you can create your custom user model. This eliminates the need of user_profile.

answered Jan 10, 2014 at 9:43

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w-- Over a year ago

yes i'm aware of this. as it mentions in the docs in the "Model Design Considerations" - "Think carefully before handling information not directly related to authentication in your custom User Model..." I'm mainly concerned about possibly interferring with other apps. Is this concern unfounded?

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