__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'user'

Question:

i am using Django to create a user and an object when the user is created. But there is an error

__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'user'

when calling the register() function in view.py.
The function is:

def register(request):  
    '''signup view'''     
    if request.method=="POST":  
        form=RegisterForm(request.POST)  
        if form.is_valid():  
            username=form.cleaned_data["username"]  
            email=form.cleaned_data["email"]  
            password=form.cleaned_data["password"]  
            user=User.objects.create_user(username, email, password)  
            user.save()
            return HttpResponseRedirect('/keenhome/accounts/login/')
        else: 
            form = RegisterForm()      
            return render_to_response("polls/register.html", {'form':form}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))  

    #This is used for reinputting if failed to register    
    else: 
        form = RegisterForm()      
        return render_to_response("polls/register.html", {'form':form}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

and the object class is:

class LivingRoom(models.Model):
    '''Living Room object'''
    user = models.OneToOneField(User)

    def __init__(self, temp=65):
        self.temp=temp

    TURN_ON_OFF = (
        ('ON', 'On'),
        ('OFF', 'Off'),
    )

    TEMP = (
        ('HIGH', 'High'),
        ('MEDIUM', 'Medium'),
        ('LOW', 'Low'),
    )

    on_off = models.CharField(max_length=2, choices=TURN_ON_OFF)
    temp = models.CharField(max_length=2, choices=TEMP)

#signal function: if a user is created, add control livingroom to the user    
def create_control_livingroom(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
    if created:
        LivingRoom.objects.create(user=instance)

post_save.connect(create_control_livingroom, sender=User)

The Django error page notifies the error information:
user=User.objects.create_user(username, email, password)
and
LivingRoom.objects.create(user=instance)

I tried to search this problem, finding some cases, but still cannot figure out how to solve it.

Asked By: noben

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Answers:

You can’t do

LivingRoom.objects.create(user=instance)

because you have an __init__ method that does NOT take user as argument.

You need something like

#signal function: if a user is created, add control livingroom to the user    
def create_control_livingroom(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
    if created:
        my_room = LivingRoom()
        my_room.user = instance

Update

But, as bruno has already said it, Django’s models.Model subclass’s initializer is best left alone, or should accept *args and **kwargs matching the model’s meta fields.

So, following better principles, you should probably have something like

class LivingRoom(models.Model):
    '''Living Room object'''
    user = models.OneToOneField(User)

    def __init__(self, *args, temp=65, **kwargs):
        self.temp = temp
        return super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)

Note – If you weren’t using temp as a keyword argument, e.g. LivingRoom(65), then you’ll have to start doing that. LivingRoom(user=instance, temp=66) or if you want the default (65), simply LivingRoom(user=instance) would do.

Answered By: shad0w_wa1k3r

LivingRoom.objects.create() calls LivingRoom.__init__() – as you might have noticed if you had read the traceback – passing it the same arguments. To make a long story short, a Django models.Model subclass’s initializer is best left alone, or should accept *args and **kwargs matching the model’s meta fields. The correct way to provide default values for fields is in the field constructor using the default keyword as explained in the FineManual.

Answered By: bruno desthuilliers

I got the same error.

On my view I was overriding get_form_kwargs() like this:

class UserAccountView(FormView):
    form_class = UserAccountForm
    success_url = '/'
    template_name = 'user_account/user-account.html'

def get_form_kwargs(self):
    kwargs = super(UserAccountView, self).get_form_kwargs()
    kwargs.update({'user': self.request.user})
    return kwargs

But on my form I failed to override the init() method. Once I did it. Problem solved

class UserAccountForm(forms.Form):
    first_name = forms.CharField(label='Your first name', max_length=30)
    last_name = forms.CharField(label='Your last name', max_length=30)
    email = forms.EmailField(max_length=75)

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        user = kwargs.pop('user')
        super(UserAccountForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
Answered By: Luis Berrocal

Check your imports. There could be two classes with the same name. Either from your code or from a library you are using. Personally that was the issue.

Answered By: Phillip Kigenyi

Check for circular imports in your code…that was the issue for me.

Answered By: chumbak