How do I inline edit a django user profile in the admin interface?

Question

If you want to store extra information about a user (django.contrib.auth.models.User) in Django you can use the nifty AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE to plug in a "profile" model. Each user then gets a profile. It's all described here:

• http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/auth/#storing-additional-information-about-users
• http://www.djangobook.com/en/1.0/chapter12/#cn222

Now, let's say I have created an application called accounts with a model called UserProfile and registered it as the profile model for my users. How do I inline the editing of the profile in the admin interface for editing users (or vice versa)?

Answer 1

I propse a slightly improved version of André's solution as it breaks the list view in /admin/auth/user/:

from django.contrib import admin from member.models import UserProfile from django.contrib.auth.models import User from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin as AuthUserAdmin  class UserProfileInline(admin.StackedInline):  model = UserProfile  max_num = 1  can_delete = False  class UserAdmin(AuthUserAdmin):  inlines = [UserProfileInline]  # unregister old user admin admin.site.unregister(User) # register new user admin admin.site.register(User, UserAdmin) 

Answer 2

I propose another improvement to Robert's solution:

from django.contrib import admin from member.models import UserProfile from django.contrib.auth.models import User from django.contrib.auth.admin import UserAdmin as AuthUserAdmin  class UserProfileInline(admin.StackedInline):    model = UserProfile    max_num = 1    can_delete = False  class UserAdmin(AuthUserAdmin):    def add_view(self, *args, **kwargs):       self.inlines = []       return super(UserAdmin, self).add_view(*args, **kwargs)     def change_view(self, *args, **kwargs):       self.inlines = [UserProfileInline]       return super(UserAdmin, self).change_view(*args, **kwargs)  # unregister old user admin admin.site.unregister(User) # register new user admin admin.site.register(User, UserAdmin) 

Without this change to UserAdmin, the custom UserProfileInline section will show up on the "add user" screen, which is just supposed to ask for the username and password. And if you change any of the profile data on that screen (away from the defaults) before you save, you'll get a "duplicate key" database error.