How to create user from django shell

Question

When i create user from django-admin user password\'s are encrypted . but when i create user from django shell user-pasword is saved in plain text . Example :

Answer 1

To automate the script you can use the pipe feature to execute the list of commands without having to type it out every time.

// content of "create_user.py" file
from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model

# see ref. below
UserModel = get_user_model()

if not UserModel.objects.filter(username='foo').exists():
    user=UserModel.objects.create_user('foo', password='bar')
    user.is_superuser=True
    user.is_staff=True
    user.save()

Ref: get_user_model()

Remember to activate VirtualEnv first, then run command below (for Linux):

cat create_user.py | python manage.py shell

If you using window then substitute the cat command with the type command

type create_user.py | python manage.py shell

OR for both Linux and Windows

# if the script is not in the same path as manage.py, then you must 
#    specify the absolute path of the "create_user.py" 
python manage.py shell < create_user.py

Pitfall: don't include blank lines in any blocks, think of it as you pasting your code in a repl. If you have empty line in a block it won't work.