import django.contrib.auth.password_validation as validators
from rest_framework import serializers
class RegisterUserSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
password = serializers.CharField(style={'input_type': 'password'}, write_only=True)
class Meta:
model = User
fields = ('id', 'username', 'email, 'password')
def validate_password(self, data):
# validators.validate_password(password=data, user=User)
# return data
# here data has all the fields which have validated values
# so we can create a User instance out of it
user = User(**data)
# get the password from the data
password = data.get('password')
errors = dict()
try:
# validate the password and catch the exception
validators.validate_password(password=password, user=user)
# the exception raised here is different than serializers.ValidationError
except exceptions.ValidationError as e:
errors['password'] = list(e.messages)
if errors:
raise serializers.ValidationError(errors)
return super(RegisterUserSerializer, self).validate(data)
def create(self, validated_data):
user = User.objects.create_user(**validated_data)
user.is_active = False
user.save()
return user