How can I extend my existing Custom User Model created with AbstractBaseUser to have multiple user types like customer, trainer and author?

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I have an existing custom user model which I created based on the Django doc to have email-based authentication.

I want to extend the model to have multiple user types like Customers, Trainers, and Authors.

I am not sure how to go forward and what is the best way to extend this?

Also, have I made the right choice going with the AbstractBaseUser or should I have used the AbstractUser Class.

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pythondjangodjango-modelsdjango-authenticationdjango-users
share your existing models, please! – Abdul Rehman
@AbdulRehman I only have the accounts model right now with the custom right now with This is the code in my models.py with a few additional fields. – Shady7447

1 Answers

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rename your MyUser class to MyUserBase or MyUserAbstract, then in this class

class MyUserBase(AbstractBaseUser):
  class Meta:
    abstract = True
  .
  .
  .

now you can extend it:

then recreate your MyUser class like this:

class MyUser(MyUserBase):
  pass

and the other models like this:

class Trainer(MyUserBase):
  ... #other properties

class Customer(MyUserBase):
  ... #other properties