from django.conf import settings from django.db.models.signals import post_save from django.dispatch import receiver from .models import Token @receiver(post_save, sender=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL) def create_user_token(sender, instance=None, created=False, **kwargs): """ When a new user is created, this signal will also create a new API token for this user. So every user will have an API token. Arguments ---------- sender : sender The model that has triggered the signal instance: :attr:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User` The newly created user model data created : Boolean Wether the object was created (True) or updated (False). """ if created: Token.objects.create(user=instance)