User and Profile

This documentation outlines the structure of the User data model in a Django project. The model extends the default django.contrib.auth user model by adding a Profile object to store additional information.

User Model

The User model is Django’s default authentication model from django.contrib.auth.models.User. It provides core authentication functionality and user management capabilities.

Field	Type	Default	Description
id	AutoField	Auto-increment	Primary key
username	CharField	-	Required. 150 characters or fewer. Letters, digits and @/./+/-/_ only
password	CharField	-	Required. Hashed password
email	EmailField	-	Optional email address
is_staff	BooleanField	False	Designates whether this user can access the admin site
is_active	BooleanField	True	Designates whether this user account should be considered active
is_superuser	BooleanField	False	Designates that this user has all permissions without explicitly assigning them
last_login	DateTimeField	null	Last login timestamp
date_joined	DateTimeField	auto_now_add	Date when user account was created

Profile Model

The Profile model extends the default Django User model using a one-to-one relationship. It includes fields for managing user preferences and settings such as timezone and auto-redirect behavior.

Profile model is defined in src/profile/models.py

Core Profile Fields

Field	Type	Default	Description
id	AutoField	Auto-increment	Primary key
user	OneToOneField	-	One-to-one relationship with User model
disable_auto_redirect	BooleanField	False	When True, prevents automatic redirect from / to /dashboard for this user
timezone	TimeZoneField	-	User’s preferred timezone
directory_path	method	-	Returns the directory path for user-specific files