Writing a __init__ function to be used in django model

Hi,

I'm trying to write an init function for one of my models so that I can create an object by doing

p = User('name','email')

When I write the model, I have

    def __init__(self, name, email, house_id, password):
            models.Model.__init__(self)
            self.name = name
            self.email = email

This works, and I can save the object to the database, but when I do 'User.objects.all()', it doesn't pull anything up unless I take out my __init__ function. Any ideas?

From stackoverflow

• Django expects the signature of a model's constructor to be (self, *args, **kwargs), or some reasonable facsimile. Your changing the signature to something completely incompatible has broken it.

• Relying on Django's built-in functionality and passing named parameters would be the simplest way to go.

  p = User(name="Fred", email="fred@example.com")
  

  But if you're set on saving some keystrokes, I'd suggest adding a static convenience method to the class instead of messing with the initializer.

  # In User class declaration
  def create(name, email)
    return User(name=name, email=email)
  create = staticmethod(create)
  
  # Use it
  p = User.create("Fred", "fred@example.com")
  

  Carl Meyer : Yeah, a factory method is the way to go here. You could also consider putting it on the Manager. Messing with the constructor signature will definitely break things.

  PirosB3 : Thanks man!! helped me a lot

  Wahnfrieden : @classmethod on create is also nicer