12 Django Default User Model Fields You Should Know

Aniruddha Chaudhari
Updated: Nov 23, 2021

Django has the default user model which comes with some of the useful fields. You should embrace using these fields in your project.

Django Default User Model Fields

Here is the list of default Django user fields.

#	User Model Field	Data Type	Description
1	_state	ModelState	It is used to preserve the state of the user.
2	id	Number	Unique ID for each user.
3	password	string	Encrypted password for the user.
4	last_login	datetime	Date and time when user logged in last time.
5	is_superuser	bool	True if the user is superuser, otherwise false.
6	username	string	Unique username for the user.
7	first_name	string	First name of the user.
8	last_name	string	Last name of the user.
9	email	email	Email ID of the user.
10	is_staff	bool	Set true if the user is a staff member, else false.
11	is_active	bool	Is profile active.
12	date_joined	datetime	Date and time when the user joined the first time. It is usually when the user signs up or creates a user account the first time.

How to read all the user model fields?

As this is the default model, you don’t need to define it anywhere. You can simply use it.

Reading model data in Django is pretty easy.

Import User model from the set of Django authentication models.

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

users = User.objects.filter()

Just to see or to debug you can also print all the user fields for a particular user. Let’s say print all the fields for the first user.

from django.contrib.auth.models import User

users = User.objects.filter()

print(users[0].__dict__)

These user-defined fields are also used for user authentication in the Django registrations.

You can also check all the user’s data on the Django admin site.

Extending Django User Model

There are some more fields you might need for your user profile in your project. Let’s say, you also want to save the mobile number of the user. Likewise, there can be many fields you want to add.

For this, you can extend the Django Default User Model Fields. It is like creating a new model (says profile) and linking with the default User model. The relationship between the two models will be OneToOne-mapping. We will see that in the next tutorial.

Any doubt? Let’s discuss this in the comment section below.

Aniruddha Chaudhari

I am a Python enthusiast who loves Linux and Vim. I hold a Master of Computer Science degree from NIT Trichy and have 10 years of experience in the IT industry, focusing on the Software Development Lifecycle from Requirements Gathering, Design, Development to Deployment. I have worked at IBM, Ericsson, and NetApp, and I share my knowledge on CSEstack.org.