I am trying to implement my own custom model in Django 1.6, but I am getting this error.
Traceback (most recent call last): File "./manage.py", line 10, in <module> execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) File "/Users/gabriel/.virtualenvs/hang_server/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 399, in execute_from_command_line utility.execute() File "/Users/gabriel/.virtualenvs/hang_server/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 392, in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File "/Users/gabriel/.virtualenvs/hang_server/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 242, in run_from_argv self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__) File "/Users/gabriel/.virtualenvs/hang_server/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 285, in execute output = self.handle(*args, **options) File "/Users/gabriel/.virtualenvs/hang_server/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/commands/createsuperuser.py", line 141, in handle self.UserModel._default_manager.db_manager(database).create_superuser(**user_data) TypeError: create_superuser() missing 1 required positional argument: 'email'
Here is my UserManager
class UserManager(BaseUserManager): def _create_user(self, username, email, password, is_staff, is_superuser, **extra_fields): now = timezone.now() email = self.normalize_email(email) user = self.model(username=username, email=email, is_staff=is_staff, is_active=False, is_superuser=is_superuser, last_login=now, date_joined=now, **extra_fields) user.set_password(password) user.save(using=self._db) return user def create_user(self, username, email=None, password=None, **extra_fields): return self._create_user(username, email, password, False, False, **extra_fields) def create_superuser(self, username, email, password, **extra_fields): user=self._create_user(username, email, password, True, True, **extra_fields) user.is_active=True user.save(using=self._db) return user
It seems like it would be pretty straight forward, but I can't understand why I get this error in the first place, because I have the email address specified in my create_superuser function. I have looked through several online tutorials and donβt see how it is implemented in different ways. Can someone explain what I'm doing wrong?