Can't create user through POST request in Django

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create user django post request

I'm new in Django and DRF and I'm trying to create a new user through POST request. I send the username and password parameters but django doesn't identify the parameters inside the POST request.

My serializer:

class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    password = serializers.CharField(write_only=True)

    def create(self, validated_data):
        user=get_user_model().objects.create(
        username = validated_data['username']
    )

        user.set_password(validated_data['password'])
        user.save()
        return user

    class Meta:
        model = get_user_model()
        fields = ('username', 'password')

My view class:

class CreateUserView(CreateAPIView):
    model = get_user_model()
    permission_classes = (AllowAny,)
    serializer_class = UserSerializer

I have tried to use serializers.ModelSerializer and serializer.Serializers but don't have success.

You are adding the parameters to the querystring, so they should be accessible from request.GET. Instead, include them as json in the request body and so they are included in validated_data. — fips
Your screenshot seems suspicious as it looks like it's not posting data but passing them as url parameters. Open your browser's dev tool and look at the request posted data to insure data are really posted in the HTTP body and not in the url. — Linovia

Marin Marin · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-03T13:15:30

class UserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
    
    def create(self, validated_data):
        user = UserModel.objects.create_user(**validated_data)

        return user


    class Meta:
        model = YOUR_MODEL
        fields = ('username', 'password',)



class CreateUserView(CreateAPIView):
    model = YOUR_MODEL.objects.all()
    permission_classes = (AllowAny,)
    serializer_class = UserSerializer

You can do View as this and check your errors.

view.py

class CreateUser(APIView):
    permission_classes = (AllowAny,)

    def post(self, request):
        post_data = request.data

        print post_data # See what is your post DATA


        serializer = UserSerializer(data=post_data)

        if serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True):
            serializer.save()
            return Response(data={'user':serializer.data})
        return Response(data={'user':serializer.errors})

Can't create user through POST request in Django

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view.py