How to customize user profile when using django-allauth

Question

I have a django project with the django-allauth app. I need to collect additional data from the user at signup. I came across a similar question here but unfortunately, no one answered the profile customization part.

Per the documentation provided for django-allauth:

ACCOUNT_SIGNUP_FORM_CLASS (=None)

A string pointing to a custom form class (e.g. ‘myapp.forms.SignupForm’) that is used during signup to ask the user for additional input (e.g. newsletter signup, birth date). This class should implement a ‘save’ method, accepting the newly signed up user as its only parameter.

I am new to django and am struggling with this. Can someone provide an example of such a custom form class? Do I need to add a model class as well with a link to the user object like this ?

Answer 1

Suppose you want to ask the user for his first/last name during signup. You'll need to put these fields in your own form, like so:

class SignupForm(forms.Form):
    first_name = forms.CharField(max_length=30, label='Voornaam')
    last_name = forms.CharField(max_length=30, label='Achternaam')

    def signup(self, request, user):
        user.first_name = self.cleaned_data['first_name']
        user.last_name = self.cleaned_data['last_name']
        user.save()

Then, in your settings point to this form:

ACCOUNT_SIGNUP_FORM_CLASS = 'yourproject.yourapp.forms.SignupForm'

That's all.