Ndtyjky

I've been stuck on this for a few days (new to django) and can't figure out how to update skills for a specific user model using a ManyToManyField, while simultaneously updating a skill model containing a list of skills. Currently when I enter a value in my SkillForm, it updates the skill model properly and creates a dropdown list of skills for a given CustomUser in the admin. However, I can't figure out how to assign a SPECIFIC skill to a particular user. Any help is appreciated.

models.py:

class Skill(models.Model):

    name = models.CharField(max_length =50, null=True, default='')



    def __str__(self):

        return self.name  





class CustomUserManager(UserManager):

    pass



class CustomUser(AbstractUser):

    objects = CustomUserManager()

    skills = models.ManyToManyField(Skill, null=True, blank=True)

    position = models.CharField(max_length =50, null=True, default='')

    bio = models.CharField(max_length=300, null=True, default='')

admin.py:

class SkillsInline(admin.StackedInline):

    model = CustomUser.skills.through



class SkillAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):

    inlines = [SkillsInline ,]



UserAdmin.fieldsets += ('Custom fields set', {'fields': ('position', 'bio',   )}),



class CustomUserAdmin(UserAdmin):

    model = CustomUser

    add_form = CustomUserCreationForm

    form = EditProfile

    inlines = [SkillsInline ,]



admin.site.register(CustomUser, CustomUserAdmin)

forms.py:

class SkillForm(forms.ModelForm):

    name = forms.CharField()



    class Meta:

        model = Skill

        fields =('name' ,)



    def clean(self):

        cleaned_data = super().clean()

        name = cleaned_data.get('name')

I see somes problem here :

class CustomUser(AbstractUser):

    objects = CustomUserManager()

    skills = models.ManyToManyField(Skill, null=True, blank=True)

    position = models.CharField(max_length =50, null=True, default='')

    bio = models.CharField(max_length=300, null=True, default='')

When you define an AbstractUser` class, it's mean for Django Authentification purpose, see the doc here., dont do that because it's better to have an unique entry (each user have an unique entry, so you can login each one).

In your system you dont have unique CustomUser, here is a solution IMO:

class User(AbstractUser):

    email = models.EmailField(_('email'), unique=True)



class UserAction(models.Model):

    objects = CustomUserManager()

    user = models.ForeignKey(User, verbose_name="User")

    skills = models.ManyToManyField(Skill, null=True, blank=True)

    position = models.CharField(max_length =50, null=True, default='')

    bio = models.CharField(max_length=300, null=True, default='')



class Skill(models.Model):

    name = models.CharField(max_length =50, null=True, default='')



    def __str__(self):

        return self.name 

You now have an unique User, a list of UserAction that have a related Skill

user = User.objects.create(email='my@email.com')

skill = Skill.objects.create(name="shadow step")

user_action = UserAction.objects.create(user=user, skill=skill, position='HERE', bio='10')

Is that what you needed ?