How to create user from django shell

You should not create the user via the normal User(...) syntax, as others have suggested. You should always use User.objects.create_user(), which takes care of setting the password properly.

user@host> manage.py shell>>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User>>> user=User.objects.create_user('foo', password='bar')>>> user.is_superuser=True>>> user.is_staff=True>>> user.save()

The fastest way creating of super user for django, type in shell:

python manage.py createsuperuser

To automate the script you can use the pipe feature to execute the list of commands without having to type it out every time.

### content of "create_user.py" filefrom django.contrib.auth import get_user_model# see ref. belowUserModel = get_user_model()if not UserModel.objects.filter(username='foo').exists():    user=UserModel.objects.create_user('foo', password='bar')    user.is_superuser=True    user.is_staff=True    user.save()

Ref: get_user_model()

Remember to activate VirtualEnv first, then run the command below (for Linux):

cat create_user.py | python manage.py shell

If you using window then substitute the cat command with the type command

type create_user.py | python manage.py shell

OR for both Linux and Windows

# if the script is not in the same path as manage.py, then you must #    specify the absolute path of the "create_user.py" python manage.py shell < create_user.py

Pitfall: don't include blank lines in any of the indented blocks, think of it as you pasting your code in the REPL. If you have any empty lines it won't work.