Custom User Model

user.authentication.py

from rest_framework.authentication import TokenAuthentication

from .models import Token


class TokenAuthentication(TokenAuthentication):
    model = Token

user.models.py

from django.utils import timezone
from django.contrib.auth.models import BaseUserManager, AbstractBaseUser
from django.db import models
from django.conf import settings
from django.db.models.signals import post_save
from django.dispatch import receiver
from django.contrib import auth
from rest_framework.authtoken.models import Token
from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _


class MyUserManager(BaseUserManager):
    def create_user(self, username, is_male, password=None):
        if not username:
            raise ValueError('Users must have a username')

        user = self.model(
            username=username,
            is_male=is_male,
        )

        user.set_password(password)
        user.save(using=self._db)
        return user

    def create_superuser(self, username, password=None, is_male=True):
        user = self.create_user(
            username,
            password=password,
            is_male=is_male
        )
        user.is_admin = True
        user.save(using=self._db)
        return user


class MyUser(AbstractBaseUser):
    username            = models.CharField(max_length=127, unique=True)
    password            = models.CharField(max_length=127)
    first_name          = models.CharField(max_length=65, blank=True, null=True)
    last_name           = models.CharField(max_length=127, blank=True, null=True)
    is_admin            = models.BooleanField(default=False)
    is_active           = models.BooleanField(default=True)
    date_joined         = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    last_login          = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
    is_male             = models.BooleanField(default=True)
    profile_picture     = models.ImageField(upload_to='profile_pictures/', max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)
    email               = models.EmailField(verbose_name='email address', max_length=255, blank=True, null=True)

    birth_date          = models.DateField(blank=True, null=True)
    objects = MyUserManager()

    USERNAME_FIELD = 'username'

    def __str__(self):
        return self.username

    def has_perm(self, perm, obj=None):
        "Does the user have a specific permission?"
        # Simplest possible answer: Yes, always
        return True

    def has_module_perms(self, app_label):
        "Does the user have permissions to view the app `app_label`?"
        # Simplest possible answer: Yes, always
        return True

    @property
    def is_staff(self):
        "Is the user a member of staff?"
        # Simplest possible answer: All admins are staff
        return self.is_admin

    class Meta:
        db_table = 'User'



@receiver(post_save, sender=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)
def create_auth_token(sender, instance=None, created=False, **kwargs):
    if created:
        Token.objects.create(user=instance)

class Token(Token):
    key = models.CharField(_("Key"), max_length=40, primary_key=True)
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='auth_tokens', on_delete=models.CASCADE, verbose_name=_("User"))
    created = models.DateTimeField(_("Created"), auto_now_add=True)

your_project.settings.py

... +

REST_FRAMEWORK = {
    'DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_CLASSES': [
        'your_project.authentication.TokenAuthentication',
    ],
}

+ ... +

AUTH_USER_MODEL = 'user.User'

+ ...