How do I extend UserCreationForm to include email field

Question

I managed to get the stock standard User Creation Form to work. Which included just the username, password1 and password2 field. However, when I try to include the email fie

Answer 1

forms.py

from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

class SignupForm(UserCreationForm):
    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ("username", "email",)

views.py

from django.urls import reverse_lazy
from django.views import generic
from accounts.forms import SignupForm

class SignUpView(generic.CreateView):
    form_class = SignupForm
    success_url = reverse_lazy('login')
    template_name = 'stories/register.html'