Adding a custom User model

core/managers.py

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+from django.contrib.auth.base_user import BaseUserManager
+
+
+class UserManager(BaseUserManager):
+    use_in_migrations = True
+
+    def _create_user(self, email, password, **extra_fields):
+        """
+        Creates and saves a User with the given email and password.
+        """
+        if not email:
+            raise ValueError("The given email must be set")
+        email = self.normalize_email(email)
+        user = self.model(email=email, **extra_fields)
+        user.set_password(password)
+        user.save(using=self._db)
+        return user
+
+    def create_user(self, email, password=None, **extra_fields):
+        extra_fields.setdefault("is_superuser", False)
+        return self._create_user(email, password, **extra_fields)
+
+    def create_superuser(self, email, password, **extra_fields):
+        extra_fields.setdefault("is_superuser", True)
+
+        if extra_fields.get("is_superuser") is not True:
+            raise ValueError("Superuser must have is_superuser=True.")
+
+        return self._create_user(email, password, **extra_fields)